Cave Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.93° S 31.01° E

Cave Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cave Rock sea temperature is
22.4°C
0.8° 

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 (29 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cave Rock at 8PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Sep)7ft (2.2m)10s
Afternoon (29 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (29 Sep)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Tue night, strong winds from the NE by Thu afternoon).

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
2
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
S
10
1.7
S
10
1.7
S
10
1.6
S
10
1.6
S
10
1.5
S
10
1.5
S
10
1.4
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
12
1.9
SSE
12
1.8
SSE
12
1.7
SSE
12
1.7
SE
12
1.6
SE
11
1.6
SE
11
1.2
SSE
11
1.1
SSE
11
1
SSE
11
0.9
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
663
603
603
545
514
440
441
370
497
528
923
964
920
821
768
650
617
334
260
214
160
Wind (km/h)
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
15
N
20
NNE
35
NE
40
NE
40
NE
35
NNE
35
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:06PM2.07m
5:21AM1.91m
5:37PM1.95m
5:55AM1.78m
6:12PM1.77m
Low Tide
10:54AM0.15m
11:17PM0.21m
11:25AM0.26m
11:50PM0.33m
12:00PM0.42m
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clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
19
19
19
19
18
18
18
19
19
19
19
19
18
17
17
18
19
19
19
19
18
Feels °C
15
15
15
18
17
17
17
17
16
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15
15
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12
13
13
12
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