Cave Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.93° S 31.01° E

Issued: 1 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Cave Rock sea temperature is

22.4°C

Cave Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Cave Rock today (01 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Cave Rock at 10PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Afternoon (01 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Evening (01 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 35mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 23°C on Sun afternoon, min 20°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sun 1					Monday 2								Tuesday 3
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	SE 10	SE 10	E 7	ESE 10	E 7	E 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	E 10	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 7
Wave Graph
kJ	67	82	77	81	64	61	52	218	204	196	240	67	90	111	150	155	172	165	165	212	262
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SE	E	E	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide					8:12PM1.36m				9:46AM1.39m				10:28PM1.30m					11:39AM1.48m
Low Tide			2:04PM0.84m				2:49AM0.77m				4:22PM0.89m				4:54AM0.78m					6:08PM0.77m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:19	—	—
mm	—	—	—	1	4	6	1	1	—	1	1	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	1
Temp °C	24	23	23	21	21	20	21	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	21	21	21	23	22	22	22
Feels °C	22	23	23	20	20	19	20	20	20	19	20	20	19	19	20	20	20	24	23	21	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	E 7	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	S 5	E 10	S 6	SSW 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 6	E 10	E 10	E 9
kJ	140	106	84	81	64	61	46	34	204	15	10	67	68	73	75	74	96	165	92	64	62
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	E 10	E 7	S 6	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	SSW 11	SSW 10	SSW 10	E 10	SSW 9	SSW 9	S 9
kJ	67	82	77	79	60	46	50	55	22	14	13	13	8	3	12	10	18	94	26	26	24
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	S 14	E 11	ESE 11	SE 10	E 10	SE 10	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 7	SSW 12	SE 9	SSW 12	SSW 6	S 9	SW 12	S 17	S 17
kJ	5	5	4	4	21	37	34	52	23	7	7	7	5	14	3	15	8	42	6	6	23
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 3	S 3	S 4	SSW 4	S 5	S 5	S 5	ESE 10	—	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	—	ESE 6	E 6	E 7
kJ	5	8	9	29	29	40	52	218	—	196	240	65	90	111	150	155	172	—	165	212	262
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Zinkwazi KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	4	2
Distance (km)	164	164	164	68	9	41	44	130	7	91	49	162	91	68	91	91	687	7	7	687	7
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban/KwaZulu-Natal South Coast					Dairy Beach (New Pier)	The Spot	The Spot		Reunion									Reunion	Reunion		Reunion
Rating (10 max)					1	1	1		2									2	2		2
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

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