Salt Rock Beach
Durban · South Africa
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Salt Rock Beach is a SE-facing sand beach on the South Africa shoreline — it catches E–S swell, and offshore W–N winds tidy the banks through october–april.
Today's surf at Salt Rock Beach
Updated 12:28 spot time
Salt Rock Beach surf report for Sunday 27 Sept: waves 1.5 m–2.0 m double overhead+, 0.7 m S swell at 10.35 s. Wind up to 33 km/h S. Water 22°C. Best surf window around 16:00 — good (3.5/5) with 32 km/h SSW wind.
Snapshot from the Sunday 27 Sept build — the live hourly forecast below updates every hour.
10-day forecast
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Wave height & period
Wind
| Time | Rating | Waves | Swell | Wind | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Know before you go
Best swell
E–S
Best wind
W–N
Break type
Beach break
Best season
October–April
Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back. Sharks are part of the ecosystem here — avoid dawn, dusk and murky rivermouth water.
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