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Cave Rock surf break

Cave Rock surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 SAST
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Cave Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cave Rock sea temperature is
24.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cave Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cave Rock at 3PM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (20 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (20 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.8
S
1.6
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1
S
0.6
SSW
1.5
ENE
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
S
2.3
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
3.5
SSW
2.1
S
1.9
S
Period(s) (?)131048910121216151514614145688811131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1710243135265249868161074763435163160160160923744966848291386360614201196
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
30
S
25
SSE
30
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
E
10
ENE
15
NNE
20
NNE
35
NE
40
NE
30
NE
5
SSW
25
SW
45
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:13AM
2.01
5:34PM
1.89
5:51AM
1.86
6:16PM
1.74
6:33AM
1.67
7:06PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:26AM
0.24
11:41PM
0.33
12:05PM
0.38
12:24AM
0.51
12:49PM
0.55
1:17AM
0.70
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-6:16-------6:18-------6:18------
Sunset----5:30-------5:30-------5:29---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
------1--1-----2-------1
Temp. °C252626252422212120212425242424212019192021211918
Feels °C (?)242222202120202019202020222824151411121214141414
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