Cave Rock surf break

Cave Rock surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 26 Dec 2025 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
23.6° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cave Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cave Rock at 9PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Dec)--
Afternoon (26 Dec)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (26 Dec)4ft (1.2m)9s

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

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Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1
E
1.2
E
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
1.1
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)9991099999999999966666699
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)235241246257251246202235164230126188188189997477170215166106128215214
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
0
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
30
NE
30
ENE
25
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
20
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:35PM
1.56
8:23AM
1.65
8:33PM
1.48
9:30AM
1.60
9:50PM
1.42
10:50AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:51AM
0.55
2:38PM
0.74
2:51AM
0.62
3:53PM
0.78
4:07AM
0.68
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Sunrise----4:54-------4:54-------4:54---
Sunset6:58-------6:58-------6:59-------
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
21211-1221111---12722221
Temp. °C222222222121212121212021212223232322222222222323
Feels °C (?)212223242322212120212021212120212220202022222221
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