Rocklands Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Rocklands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 11 Nov 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Rocklands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Rocklands sea temperature is 13.3° C
(Which is 3.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rocklands today?

The current surf forecast for Rocklands at 4AM is: 1.4m 17s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Nov)	6.5ft (2.0m)	16s
Afternoon (11 Nov)	8ft (2.4m)	15s
Evening (11 Nov)	8ft (2.5m)	15s

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

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		Tuesday 11								Wednesday 12								Thursday 13
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	685	799	1012	2084	1611	2423	2773	2699	2662	1929	1650	1405	1384	1170	980	843	782	1094	1336	2166	2148	1934	1423	940
Wind (km/h)	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				7:43AM 1.46					8:15PM 1.30				9:10AM 1.41				9:58PM 1.26				10:38AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		1:14AM 0.66					2:19PM 0.76				2:40AM 0.75				4:04PM 0.76				4:15AM 0.77					5:25PM 0.70

		Tuesday 11								Wednesday 12								Thursday 13
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	19	21	22	20	18	17	17	17	18	20	21	20	18	18	17	16	16	18	19	18	17
Feels °C (?)	19	18	18	18	20	20	17	16	15	16	16	17	16	17	17	17	18	16	13	12	14	14	12	12

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