Rock Wave Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 13 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 17.2° C
(Which is 4.1°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: 2.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 13). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Nov)	6ft (1.9m)	9s
Afternoon (13 Nov)	6.5ft (2.0m)	10s
Evening (13 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	11s

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

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	Thursday 13							Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sun 16
	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	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	E	SSE	SSE	SSE	E	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SE	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	7	9	9	10	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	6	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	11	7	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	256	482	641	882	831	730	223	264	288	304	270	284	213	188	194	206	176	154	151	427	174	310	338	450
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	E	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	N	SW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				11:06AM 1.16				11:39PM 1.03				12:16PM 1.25				12:42AM 1.12				1:02PM 1.34				1:25AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)						5:45PM 0.61				5:41AM 0.54				6:47PM 0.50				6:39AM 0.47				7:27PM 0.40

	Thursday 13							Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sun 16
Sunrise	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1
Temp. °C	21	22	23	22	21	18	18	18	16	19	24	24	22	19	17	19	19	21	22	21	19	19	17	15
Feels °C (?)	16	17	19	18	18	17	17	17	14	15	19	18	18	16	17	16	15	17	19	17	16	16	15	13

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