Cave Rock surf break

Cave Rock surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 03 Mar 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
26.2° 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 4PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.1m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (03 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (03 Mar)4ft (1.2m)5s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.7
NE
1.4
NE
1.2
NE
1
ENE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.3
ENE
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)1414145666661212611111111111013131312127
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)113751047011118312992634751109252323222211353432302951
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NE
30
ENE
10
NE
15
W
10
NW
15
SW
5
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offcrossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:05PM
2.03
4:23AM
2.12
4:33PM
2.06
4:50AM
2.13
4:59PM
2.03
5:16AM
2.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:02AM
0.23
10:12PM
0.15
10:30AM
0.19
10:40PM
0.13
10:57AM
0.20
11:05PM
0.16
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-------5:48-------5:48-------5:48
Sunset--6:27-------6:25-------6:24-----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------1-------1----
Temp. °C222324242221212123252525252423242829282424242424
Feels °C (?)202021222020222324252525252524232729322526252727
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