Rocklands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 14 Oct 2025 SAST
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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
15.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Rocklands today?

The current surf forecast for Rocklands at 11PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Oct)--
Afternoon (14 Oct)4ft (1.2m)14s
Evening (14 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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

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Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
3
3
2
4
4
4
4
6
6
5
5
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)13131313131312121212129111313131414131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5775605525524244183353248196831141734160445495196577459505868498939122999256019601640
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
30
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSW
10
SW
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
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:35PM
1.26
11:25AM
1.39
12:05AM
1.34
12:27PM
1.51
12:57AM
1.44
1:10PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:33PM
0.80
5:03AM
0.76
6:01PM
0.69
6:13AM
0.68
6:55PM
0.58
7:00AM
0.59
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:03-------6:03--
Sunset6:58-------6:59-------7:00-------
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161514141515151514141514141414151515131212141820
Feels °C (?)111211101112111091099876679889121617
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Rocklands (light winds from the SSW at SHIP2391 2 km from Rocklands). 1.2m 7s swell from the SW with a 0.7m 13s groundswell, also from the SW and a 0.3m 14s groundswell, also from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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14 km/h
SSW
Cross-Off
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