Cave Rock surf break

Cave Rock surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 02 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
26.4° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cave Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cave Rock at 11AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (02 Apr)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
0.9
E
0.6
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.5
E
1.9
E
2.3
E
0.2
ESE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.7
ESE
1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)6685666778888141515108998111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)646051708010512615018620127541359321222280134199208277505617639
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
35
NE
40
NE
35
NE
40
NNE
35
NNE
25
NNE
5
W
10
SW
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:53AM
2.07
4:05PM
1.99
4:18AM
2.07
4:30PM
1.97
4:44AM
2.04
4:55PM
1.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:02AM
0.20
10:09PM
0.18
10:27AM
0.20
10:34PM
0.21
10:52AM
0.25
10:59PM
0.27
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise-6:05-------6:07-------6:07------
Sunset----5:52-------5:51-------5:49---
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232424252424232221222525242321202022242424242423
Feels °C (?)232422232122222120202020201817172123242524262726
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