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Cave Rock surf break

Cave Rock surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 12 Feb 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
26.2° 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 3PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Afternoon (12 Feb)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (12 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
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
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
1.2
E
0.5
S
1.3
S
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.6
SSE
2.5
S
2.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.3
S
Period(s) (?)128126888888101010101414147999888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1531728110610313314011311111196125125121315264165698108016921291759636667
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
20
S
5
SW
10
W
10
N
5
N
20
SW
20
S
15
SSE
10
ENE
25
N
5
N
5
SE
40
SSW
40
SW
45
SW
50
SSW
45
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:09PM
1.34
2:01AM
1.34
2:08PM
1.48
2:37AM
1.52
2:43PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:24AM
1.02
7:49PM
0.90
7:58AM
0.88
8:27PM
0.73
8:38AM
0.71
8:56PM
0.56
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-5:33-------5:33-------5:35------
Sunset----6:45-------6:45-------6:44---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----1231-----41-12214421
Temp. °C252627262625242424242526262424242422222219202020
Feels °C (?)252425252729272727242528292527282117151513151615
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