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Rock Wave surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 26 Nov 2025 SAST
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Rock Wave surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rock Wave sea temperature is
18.8° C
 (Which is 3.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rock Wave today?

The current surf forecast for Rock Wave at 11AM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 26). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Afternoon (26 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (26 Nov)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sat
29
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
2
1
3
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.7
S
1.8
SSE
1.9
SSE
2.3
SE
1.8
SSE
1.8
SE
1.9
SE
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)1515141413131312121211111199988888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)172112461048765599499405367284274213198651488547787455437440637627578463376
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
N
10
ESE
15
E
5
ESE
5
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
SW
15
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
10
WNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:52AM
1.23
6:57PM
1.20
7:52AM
1.19
8:02PM
1.11
9:11AM
1.19
9:34PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
0.53
1:22AM
0.43
2:02PM
0.59
2:27AM
0.48
3:34PM
0.60
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sat
29
Sunrise4:52-------4:52-------4:52-------
Sunset----6:55-------6:57-------6:58---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------111-------31
Temp. °C172529282824212022232524222121212223252525242020
Feels °C (?)172629282925222123252623222222222223242424232122
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