Cave Rock surf break

Cave Rock surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 14 Apr 2026 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
24.8° 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 3AM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 14). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (15 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.5
S
1.1
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.5
S
0.9
SSE
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.6
SE
1.2
NE
0.4
SE
0.3
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)451010101091356666761166965699
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)356617887780511041069484737566552929207381414
Wind
(km/h)
30
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
5
W
5
NW
10
NE
40
S
35
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
ESE
5
E
5
N
10
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:07PM
1.70
2:24AM
1.90
2:40PM
1.85
2:56AM
2.03
3:12PM
1.97
3:30AM
2.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
0.41
8:37AM
0.34
8:44PM
0.26
9:08AM
0.21
9:17PM
0.15
9:41AM
0.13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise-----6:13-------6:15-------6:15--
Sunset5:37-------5:37-------5:36-------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------112221---------
Temp. °C252425242325302524232222212121232322222121222527
Feels °C (?)242527232224282221212223222323252525232121222726
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Cave Rock surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest