Rocklands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 20 Jul 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
15.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rocklands today?

The current surf forecast for Rocklands at 6AM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jul)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Afternoon (20 Jul)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (20 Jul)10ft (3.0m)16s

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

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Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
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Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SSW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131616151414131313121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)195217031583167716771834299240263678301826352855302028002783232922241467132610931001901954655
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
S
0
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
N
5
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
S
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:38PM
1.51
11:35AM
1.35
11:58PM
1.52
12:50PM
1.43
1:06AM
1.57
1:49PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:24AM
0.59
5:39PM
0.68
6:36AM
0.54
6:55PM
0.62
7:36AM
0.46
7:56PM
0.54
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Sunrise---7:47-------7:46-------7:46----
Sunset------5:58-------5:59-------5:59-
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Rain (mm)
-----------1------------
Temp. °C151414141516151413131312131313131211101012151616
Feels °C (?)12121212141412121111111110888777710131414
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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rocklands (calm at Observatory wx 8 km from Rocklands). 2.0m 13s groundswell from the SW

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ESE
Clean
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