Salt Rock surf break

Salt Rock surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 28 Feb 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
26.2° 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 6PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 28). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (28 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
S
1.6
S
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
2.2
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
S
2.1
S
1.1
SSW
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)121213131312121212121151216157888814141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1341079996931211551641581533191381694692083791104277363652647814881175633
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
30
ENE
25
NE
10
NNE
5
NW
10
SW
10
WSW
0
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
35
SSW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
W
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:26PM
1.51
2:50AM
1.63
3:03PM
1.67
3:24AM
1.81
3:35PM
1.79
3:55AM
1.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:18AM
0.48
8:36PM
0.34
8:58AM
0.30
9:10PM
0.17
9:31AM
0.16
9:40PM
0.04
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-------5:45-------5:46-------5:47
Sunset--6:29-------6:28-------6:27-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------98321--------
Temp. °C313028282827242528272624232120191921222121201920
Feels °C (?)322928313127262930282725231917151316181720181820
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