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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 05 Mar 2026 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
21.9° C
(Which is 2.2°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 3PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (05 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (05 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
0
1
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.3
SW
0.6
SSW
1.8
SW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
Period(s) (?)813121212121212121212121211111111791111111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25723829221333321020620620316115815815611510939698305104821362123305518701747
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
SW
5
SSE
20
ENE
10
S
10
SE
5
ESE
5
NE
0
N
5
WSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
WSW
5
W
15
WSW
25
SW
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
20
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:59PM
1.60
5:15AM
1.71
5:24PM
1.55
5:40AM
1.63
5:49PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:57AM
0.04
11:00PM
0.00
11:23AM
0.08
11:25PM
0.07
11:47AM
0.15
11:50PM
0.17
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-5:58-------5:58-------6:00------
Sunset----6:37-------6:37-------6:36---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----4452----421------111
Temp. °C232529282423222222232525232222222120202221191818
Feels °C (?)232431292726252526262728262525231914131516151718
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