Cave Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.93° S 31.01° E

Cave Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cave Rock sea temperature is
21.6° C
0.3° 

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


How big are the waves at Cave Rock today (05 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cave Rock at 12AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 04). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)--
Afternoon (05 Aug)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (05 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Thu morning, min 17°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Thu afternoon, calm by Fri morning).

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
ESE
10
1.4
ESE
10
1.3
ESE
10
1
ESE
10
1.2
ESE
10
1.1
ESE
10
1
ESE
10
1
ESE
10
1
E
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
E
10
0.9
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.8
E
10
0.7
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
402
373
318
192
253
240
197
197
184
154
154
154
148
148
120
122
121
118
89
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
5
NW
5
WNW
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
S
35
S
35
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
7:10PM1.78m
7:20AM1.60m
7:53PM1.66m
8:10AM1.47m
8:52PM1.51m
Low Tide
1:21AM0.53m
1:29PM0.50m
2:09AM0.65m
2:21PM0.65m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:23
5:24
5:25
 mm
Temp °C
20
20
19
18
17
17
20
20
20
20
21
20
20
21
23
20
20
20
20
Feels °C
19
20
19
18
17
16
19
18
19
19
19
17
16
17
19
16
15
17
17
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