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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 06 Nov 2025 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.1° C
(Which is 3.0°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 12PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Nov)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (06 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (06 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Saturday
08
Sun
09
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.8
SSE
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
1.1
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)111111101010999888556688998887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)97979163604211313699282951501061511561212141412408323246
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:59PM
1.80
4:22AM
1.62
4:38PM
1.72
5:03AM
1.55
5:19PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:43AM
-0.01
10:14PM
-0.05
10:23AM
0.03
10:53PM
0.03
11:05AM
0.13
11:33PM
0.14
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Saturday
08
Sun
09
Sunrise-5:03-------5:03-------5:03------
Sunset----6:37-------6:37-------6:38---
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-121--------------------
Temp. °C161917181818171617191921201920181721252523212120
Feels °C (?)161815171717171616171517161617151417222220192019
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