Salt Rock surf break

Salt Rock surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 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
24.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Salt Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Salt Rock at 2PM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)7s
Afternoon (22 Apr)8ft (2.4m)8s
Evening (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
S
2.3
S
3
SSW
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.8
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)778881313131414171616161615141414131313137
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)461563573709100323642023173615531298253421051832160614161132944834704440350282212173
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
25
NE
30
ENE
35
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
1.57
6:59PM
1.45
7:20AM
1.36
8:12PM
1.29
8:48AM
1.18
10:29PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:43PM
0.38
1:08AM
0.52
1:39PM
0.55
2:28AM
0.71
3:19PM
0.68
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise-6:16-------6:18-------6:18------
Sunset----5:29-------5:28-------5:27---
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1----221121-------------
Temp. °C211919181917171817171719191918181918222222201919
Feels °C (?)171413121414141413141418181817171816171717161617
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