Cave Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.93° S 31.01° E

Cave Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cave Rock sea temperature is
21.6°C
0.1° 

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


How big are the waves at Cave Rock today (23 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cave Rock at 7PM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Afternoon (23 Sep)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (23 Sep)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Wed night, min 20°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
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
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
E
8
1.2
E
8
1.2
E
8
0.6
S
13
1
E
8
0.9
E
8
0.9
SE
9
1.1
SE
10
0.8
SE
10
0.8
SE
9
0.8
SE
9
0.8
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.5
S
16
0.6
S
16
0.7
SSW
15
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
210
200
187
125
117
100
107
225
133
122
99
97
78
132
177
225
269
243
181
173
160
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
20
ENE
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WSW
5
NNE
10
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
S
5
SW
5
SSW
5
N
10
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
Wind State
cross
cross
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:18PM1.72m
2:28AM1.68m
2:44PM1.88m
2:55AM1.81m
3:11PM2.01m
Low Tide
8:04AM0.55m
8:29PM0.50m
8:31AM0.40m
8:55PM0.35m
8:58AM0.26m
9:21PM0.23m
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:43
5:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:52
5:52
5:52
 mm
2
1
Temp °C
22
23
23
24
25
22
21
21
22
22
21
21
21
20
20
20
22
22
22
21
21
Feels °C
21
23
22
22
24
24
22
21
22
22
22
24
24
22
21
19
21
21
22
21
20
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cave Rock surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest