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Cave Rock surf break

Cave Rock surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 07 Jan 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
23.7° 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 5AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (07 Jan)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (07 Jan)7ft (2.2m)13s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
4
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.8
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1.3
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.4
S
2.3
S
2
S
Period(s) (?)9891414710121315151414131212111111116777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)965110312010431287314861584214618771334893461350327248240235430232619572408
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
25
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
30
S
35
S
25
S
20
S
10
S
0
ESE
10
N
20
NE
35
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:17AM
1.92
6:23PM
1.81
6:53AM
1.83
6:58PM
1.69
7:30AM
1.73
7:34PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
0.26
12:23PM
0.44
12:35AM
0.35
1:00PM
0.54
1:09AM
0.47
1:39PM
0.66
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise---5:01-------5:03-------5:03----
Sunset------7:00-------7:00-------7:00-
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------1111-----------11
Temp. °C242323252524242322212122242424242423232424232222
Feels °C (?)252223242220212223242221212122232424232221191919
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