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Rocklands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Rocklands today?
The current surf forecast for Rocklands at 7AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (15 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 12s |
| Evening (15 Oct) | 5ft (1.6m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Rocklands. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 552 | 552 | 424 | 418 | 335 | 324 | 319 | 683 | 721 | 734 | 1465 | 4549 | 5097 | 5688 | 5862 | 4574 | 4915 | 3697 | 2999 | 2397 | 1960 | 1640 | 1388 | 1237 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | off | off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off |
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) | 5:03AM 0.76 | 6:01PM 0.69 | 6:13AM 0.68 | 6:55PM 0.58 | 7:00AM 0.59 | 7:33PM 0.48 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 6:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:03 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town
Continuing clean conditions at Rocklands (calm at Observatory wx 8 km from Rocklands). 1.4m 8s swell from the SW with a 1.0m 13s groundswell, also from the SW and a 0.3m 14s groundswell, also from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 38 min ago
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