Cave Rock Surf Forecast

/ Durban/KZN South (30 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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Cave Rock surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 21.6° 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: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	13s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	13s
Evening (18 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	16s

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

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	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	3	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	932	1145	1889	1913	2109	2082	2280	2051	1818	1537	1290	1218	928	822	712	715	613	555	555	459	356	290	235	232
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			2:17PM 1.68				2:29AM 1.67				2:47PM 1.83				2:59AM 1.80				3:15PM 1.95				3:26AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	8:02AM 0.57				8:27PM 0.53				8:35AM 0.42				8:57PM 0.39				9:03AM 0.30				9:24PM 0.28

	Thursday 18					Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	21
Feels °C (?)	20	19	17	16	16	17	15	17	18	17	16	16	16	15	12	13	15	16	18	19	21	17	19	23

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Durban/KZN South

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Cave Rock (light winds from the E.(Wind varies from 060 to 130 degs) at Durban Shaka Airport 37 km from Cave Rock). A 2.6m groundswell from the S
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37 km away, 2 h 1 min ago

15 km/h

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21.6

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