Salt Rock surf break

Salt Rock surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 25 Oct 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
22.3° 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 2PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 25). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (25 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Evening (25 Oct)5ft (1.5m)5s

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

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Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
1
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.5
S
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.7
E
1.3
S
1.4
SSE
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.2
S
1.4
SSE
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)1312125666666666766977666616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13515226910815920518215612713816415313919912312378161175259247120139208
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
20
ENE
25
S
30
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
15
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
20
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
0
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:12PM
1.67
5:29AM
1.56
5:38PM
1.56
5:58AM
1.44
6:09PM
1.43
6:36AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:05AM
0.25
11:22PM
0.26
11:31AM
0.36
11:51PM
0.38
12:01PM
0.49
12:27AM
0.51
Saturday
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Sunrise-------5:05-------5:05-------5:05
Sunset--6:09-------6:10-------6:12-----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------1-------121---
Temp. °C252623212121202020201818181818181920191919181819
Feels °C (?)252622181819191716161415161716161715151516171820
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North

  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Salt Rock (light winds from the ENE.(Wind varies from 020 to 090 degs) at Durban Shaka Airport 15 km from Salt Rock). 0.4m 8s swell from the SSW with a 0.3m 14s groundswell, also from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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2 h 9 min ago

13 km/h
ENE
Cross-Shore
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