Cave Rock surf break

Cave Rock surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 19 Dec 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
23.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Cave Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cave Rock at 7PM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (19 Dec)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (19 Dec)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
3
3
2
3
0
0
0
1
2
4
4
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSW
1.1
S
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)111112121211111111111717171616151414131312121114
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31135437338938330529524018818139072597388272155143133123221519814187148
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
5
NW
0
NNE
5
NNE
15
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:26PM
1.82
3:52AM
1.73
3:59PM
1.84
4:25AM
1.77
4:31PM
1.83
4:58AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:16AM
0.51
9:44PM
0.40
9:51AM
0.48
10:15PM
0.37
10:25AM
0.47
10:46PM
0.35
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Sunrise------4:50-------4:50-------4:50-
Sunset--6:53-------6:54-------6:55-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------11121------
Temp. °C232323232222222223232323232222222324242323222223
Feels °C (?)202122242425252323232426272625242222212122212020
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