Salt Rock surf break

Salt Rock surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 10 Jul 2025 SAST
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Salt Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Salt Rock sea temperature is
21.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Salt Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Salt Rock at 2AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 10). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.8m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (11 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Evening (11 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

Table - waves today at Salt Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Fri
18
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.1
E
1.6
S
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
0.8
SSW
1.2
E
0.7
SSW
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1216161615151615151413510616151414141716151515141413131410101112121212111111111111111111111111171116111111111111161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)188171220348290240218151122971301445213136461642195416929871499141112251029770608403341187154561554528594653651566535523497517435404410439396406503545702651485484389379288354395144291298
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
10
WNW
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
E
10
E
0
S
10
NNW
20
SW
30
SW
30
S
30
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
25
NNE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WSW
10
S
10
SE
5
ESE
10
N
10
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
WSW
5
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffcross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
glassoffcrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:52PM
1.61
4:02AM
1.70
4:26PM
1.69
4:35AM
1.75
5:01PM
1.75
5:09AM
1.77
5:35PM
1.78
5:43AM
1.75
6:11PM
1.79
6:19AM
1.69
6:49PM
1.76
6:57AM
1.60
7:30PM
1.69
7:41AM
1.49
8:19PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:52PM
0.30
10:14AM
0.17
10:27PM
0.25
10:46AM
0.12
11:02PM
0.22
11:19AM
0.09
11:38PM
0.22
11:53AM
0.10
12:16AM
0.25
12:28PM
0.14
12:57AM
0.31
1:07PM
0.22
1:42AM
0.40
1:51PM
0.33
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Fri
18
Sunrise-----6:48-------6:48-------6:48-------6:48-------6:48-------6:48-------6:47------
Sunset5:10-------5:10-------5:12-------5:12-------5:13-------5:13-------5:14-------5:14---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202017161615202121212019201716161717171718172023211918202018202120191817171820202020202019192021201918171717212424232222
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