Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Cave Rock today (14 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with E swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with E swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with E swell.
The current surf forecast for Cave Rock at 2PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (14 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 9s |
| Evening (14 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Cave Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 25°C on Thu morning, min 20°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Thu morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 14 | Thursday 15 | Friday 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 8 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 17 | SSW 7 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | SSW 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 196 | 192 | 188 | 188 | 188 | 275 | 230 | 225 | 230 | 225 | 181 | 169 | 44 | 45 | 28 | 53 | 105 | 103 | 100 | 95 | 90 | 88 | 82 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:05AM1.81m | 5:15PM1.86m | 5:31AM1.70m | 5:40PM1.72m | 5:59AM1.57m | 6:06PM1.57m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:06AM0.37m | 11:27PM0.40m | 11:32AM0.50m | 11:53PM0.52m | 11:58AM0.64m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  | |  |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | 5:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:06 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 |
Feels °C | 24 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 25 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 |
| kJ | 196 | 192 | 188 | 188 | 188 | 189 | 230 | 225 | 230 | 225 | 181 | 169 | 137 | 134 | 109 | 107 | 105 | 88 | 88 | 90 | 90 | 88 | 109 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 6 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | S 6 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 8 | S 7 | SSW 6 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 |
| kJ | 18 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 33 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 44 | 45 | 13 | 24 | 14 | 103 | 100 | 95 | 87 | 84 | 82 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 13 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SSW 9 | S 17 | — | SW 10 | SSW 17 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | S 4 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 6 | — | E 8 |
| kJ | 34 | 49 | 23 | 33 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 5 | — | 27 | 28 | 28 | 53 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | — | 64 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | E 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | — | S 4 | S 4 | S 5 | S 5 | SSW 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 275 | 351 | 360 | 343 | 372 | — | 13 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 676 | 789 | 44 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 467 | 7 | 325 | 9 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Durban/KwaZulu-Natal South Coast | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
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