Cave Rock surf break

Cave Rock surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 22 Apr 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
24.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cave Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cave Rock at 6AM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (22 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (22 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
1.8
S
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)1457788888141418171616161615141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)72212828437142150755858341727052386194618581506128511061092846687602411290225222
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
25
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:33AM
1.67
7:06PM
1.57
7:27AM
1.47
8:21PM
1.42
9:02AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:24AM
0.51
12:49PM
0.55
1:17AM
0.70
1:50PM
0.72
2:46AM
0.86
3:38PM
0.84
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise---6:18-------6:18-------6:20----
Sunset------5:29-------5:28-------5:27-
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11---1-222111-----------
Temp. °C232120191919201817171717171819191918181921222220
Feels °C (?)221514131313131313131314151619181816161717171715
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