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Rock Wave Surf Forecast
/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /
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Rock Wave surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 20 Oct 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Rock Wave today?
The current surf forecast for Rock Wave at 10AM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Oct) | 5ft (1.6m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (20 Oct) | 4ft (1.2m) | 14s |
| Evening (20 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Rock Wave. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thu 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1246 | 1092 | 850 | 701 | 424 | 334 | 485 | 425 | 425 | 336 | 336 | 355 | 345 | 345 | 367 | 437 | 437 | 350 | 1145 | 1180 | 1049 | 834 | 684 | 531 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:07PM 1.64 | 3:23AM 1.52 | 3:32PM 1.66 | 3:48AM 1.53 | 3:57PM 1.64 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:55AM 0.15 | 9:19PM 0.10 | 9:20AM 0.12 | 9:43PM 0.07 | 9:46AM 0.12 | 10:07PM 0.08 | ||||||||||||||||||
Monday 20 | Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thu 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:18 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 6:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:24 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| Feels °C (?) | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Continuing clean conditions at Rock Wave (light winds from the NNE.(Wind varies from 320 to 060 degs) at East London Airport 32 km from Rock Wave). 2.7m 15s groundswell from the S to make surfable waves.
32 km away, 1 h 56 min ago
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