Rock Wave Surf Forecast

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

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 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 17.7° C
(Which is 2.0°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 5PM is: 4.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	18ft (5.5m)	14s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	13ft (4.0m)	14s
Evening (16 Sep)	11ft (3.5m)	13s

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

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	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	2	7	6	7	2	2	0	1	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	1	3	4	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	6322	6357	6050	4576	7270	4975	6637	1898	1897	2086	2305	2521	2288	2084	1883	1676	1354	1311	1439	1170	1320	1595	1459	1170
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	SW	S	SSW	W	NW	WNW	WNW	W	S	S	S	WSW	W	WSW	SSW	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:24PM 1.04				12:56AM 1.11				1:33PM 1.21				1:49AM 1.25					2:13PM 1.38				2:25AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)				6:46PM 0.62				7:18AM 0.50				7:48PM 0.47					8:01AM 0.35				8:26PM 0.33

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	19	16	15	14	14	15	19	19	18	16	16	14	13	15	18	19	18	17	17	17	17	18
Feels °C (?)	12	13	11	8	8	8	8	9	13	13	14	15	14	13	11	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Rock Wave (strong winds from the SW at East London Airport 32 km from Rock Wave). A 7.1m groundswell from the SSW is too big for here
1 hour 45 minutes ago Rock Wave

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32 km away, 1 h 45 min ago

46 km/h

0.0

17.7

Air / Water (°C)

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