Foam

Go now. The 9-second groundswell wrapping in from the NNW is holding square and hollow over the shallow slab, and north wind is sitting cross-shore at the lineup, keeping the faces clean. Water is warm at 19°C, and the tide is still rising toward the best window, so you have until mid-morning before the flood fattens the waves and kills the definition that makes this place work.

By mid-afternoon the wind swings to NNW and strengthens to 19 kph onshore, which will chop the faces and close out the barrels. The swell holds its size around waist to stomach height, but the conditions deteriorate too far to make a session worth the risk on this reef.

Tomorrow morning looks worth the alarm. The swell dips slightly to knee to stomach height and the window sharpens, though size alone never makes Cave forgiving; it still demands expertise and respect for the shallow rock. The forecast is sound for the morning run, but the Atlantic and this reef write their own script, so treat the model as a guide rather than a promise.