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 am Friday 22 Aug 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 20.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cave Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Cave Rock at 4AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	12s
Afternoon (22 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	13s
Evening (22 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s

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

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		Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	2	1	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	S	S	S	S	E	E	E	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	E	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	12	12	12	13	8	8	9	13	14	13	12	11	11	11	10	16	16	15	15	15	14
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	201	250	284	381	318	252	199	135	111	140	204	280	379	254	192	190	162	226	659	1940	1982	1755	1457	1101
Wind (km/h)	S	E	NE	N	NE	NE	ENE	SSW	WSW	WSW	NW	N	ENE	ENE	ENE	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SSW	ESE	E	ENE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			3:17AM 1.79				3:39PM 1.91				3:49AM 1.88				4:08PM 1.99				4:19AM 1.93				4:37PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)	9:13PM 0.43				9:26AM 0.30				9:46PM 0.32				9:56AM 0.21				10:17PM 0.25				10:25AM 0.17

		Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	20	20	19	19	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	19	20	21	21	20	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	18
Feels °C (?)	20	21	18	19	19	18	20	22	19	18	19	20	19	19	22	19	16	16	17	18	18	17	17	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Durban/KZN South

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cave Rock (calm at Durban Shaka Airport 37 km from Cave Rock). 1.3m 7s swell from the S with a 0.7m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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