Cave Rock surf break

Cave Rock surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 03 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
26.4° 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 9PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (03 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (03 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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

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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
SSW
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.1
ENE
0.7
ESE
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
1
E
0.4
SE
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)88126668121366111212111111111111129910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)72731671511519273778285126666744434140403938391452047
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
15
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
25
ENE
30
NE
15
NNE
25
NE
15
SW
25
SW
10
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:56PM
2.04
5:19AM
2.09
5:27PM
2.00
5:49AM
2.04
5:55PM
1.93
6:17AM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:53AM
0.25
11:06PM
0.14
11:25AM
0.26
11:36PM
0.18
11:55AM
0.32
12:03AM
0.26
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-------5:26-------5:26-------5:28
Sunset--6:52-------6:52-------6:51-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262726252423232425262625252423242527272625252526
Feels °C (?)262625252423242524242526252525272425292626252725
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