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Cave Rock surf break

Cave Rock surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 10 Jan 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
25.4° 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 12PM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (10 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (10 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)13131212121111101015151414147777222220191817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3032654133362681571491081001722152762011981351311311639791132192165237
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
10
SSE
0
E
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:10AM
1.61
8:14PM
1.43
8:59AM
1.51
9:08PM
1.31
10:12AM
1.42
10:47PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:22PM
0.78
2:25AM
0.72
3:20PM
0.88
3:21AM
0.83
4:54PM
0.94
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise-5:03-------5:05-------5:05------
Sunset----7:00-------7:00-------7:00---
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C212223242423232222232525262524232324262625252423
Feels °C (?)202223242727252222232627272726252424242423242524
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