Cave Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.93° S 31.01° E

Issued: 7 am 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Cave Rock sea temperature is

22.4°C

Cave Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Cave Rock today (01 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Cave Rock at 3PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 01). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Afternoon (01 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Evening (01 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 24°C on Sun morning, min 20°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue night).
	Sunday 1							Monday 2								Tuesday 3
	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	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	SE 10	E 7	S 6	S 6	S 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 6
Wave Graph
kJ	29	67	67	82	77	87	74	72	64	52	125	123	118	116	120	96	102	100	356	97	165	161	206
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ENE	E	NE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide		7:50AM1.46m					8:12PM1.36m				9:46AM1.39m				10:28PM1.30m					11:39AM1.48m
Low Tide					2:04PM0.84m				2:49AM0.77m				4:22PM0.89m				4:54AM0.78m					6:08PM0.77m


	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:19	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	4	5	3	1	—	1	1	1	11	1	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	—
Temp °C	20	23	24	24	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	22	22
Feels °C	21	22	22	23	18	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	20	21	22	23	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 7	E 7	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	SSE 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 6	E 10	SSW 10	E 10	ESE 6	E 10	E 9
kJ	244	204	140	106	86	83	66	62	47	42	125	123	118	116	120	96	71	100	19	94	165	88	62
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	E 10	E 7	S 6	SE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	E 10	SSW 10	SSW 6	SSW 9	E 10	SSW 9	S 9
kJ	27	67	67	82	77	80	60	46	50	33	24	15	12	25	25	12	102	10	13	29	92	26	24
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	—	S 11	E 11	ESE 11	SE 10	E 10	SE 5	SSW 6	SSW 6	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	S 6	SE 9	—	—	SSW 9	S 17	S 17
kJ	29	5	5	5	—	2	21	37	34	52	13	11	12	13	13	3	12	3	—	—	26	6	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	S 3	S 4	SSW 5	SSW 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	SE 5	—	—	SE 5	SSE 6	SE 6	ESE 5	—	ESE 6	ESE 10	ESE 6	—	E 6	E 6
kJ	—	—	5	18	63	87	74	72	64	19	—	—	13	64	64	32	—	82	356	97	—	161	206
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2
Distance (km)	8	44	162	164	164	44	9	164	9	164	7	7	7	117	91	91	117	91	162	789	7	7	7
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Rating (10 max)	3	2				1	1		1		1	1	1								2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

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