Black Rocks Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.29° S 18.46° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Black Rocks surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 20 Oct 2025 SAST

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

Today's Black Rocks sea temperature is 16.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Black Rocks today?

The current surf forecast for Black Rocks at 1PM is: 1.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.0m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	14s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	14s
Evening (20 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	13s

Table - waves today at Black Rocks. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Monday 20							Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thu 23
	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	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SE	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	7	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2168	1602	1363	1147	965	733	600	543	543	535	392	421	428	550	708	1611	1453	1321	1105	905	878	724	561	551
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					2:33PM 1.54				2:54AM 1.44				3:00PM 1.54				3:21AM 1.45				3:27PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)			8:28AM 0.20				8:51PM 0.10				8:55AM 0.18				9:17PM 0.09				9:22AM 0.19				9:43PM 0.11

	Monday 20							Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thu 23
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	17	16	17	19	15	14	14	15	18	19	16	17	16	16	15	16	18	17	16	16	17	16
Feels °C (?)	5	7	10	7	6	12	5	6	6	8	12	12	7	8	9	11	11	13	17	15	13	13	15	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Black Rocks (calm at Meadowridge wx 29 km from Black Rocks). 2.0m 14s groundswell from the SW with a 1.8m 6s windswell from the SE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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16.3

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