Rocklands Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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Rocklands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 13 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 15.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Rocklands today?

The current surf forecast for Rocklands at 3AM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.7m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s
Afternoon (13 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s
Evening (13 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s

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

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		Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	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	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	657	668	610	578	560	421	421	341	341	336	318	410	506	478	577	560	488	488	431	418	392	324	319	450
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	WNW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				7:52AM 1.37					8:29PM 1.29				9:41AM 1.32				10:35PM 1.26					11:25AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		1:27AM 0.67					2:20PM 0.79				3:13AM 0.77				4:33PM 0.80					5:03AM 0.76				6:01PM 0.69

		Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	16	15	15	16	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14
Feels °C (?)	17	18	17	15	15	15	17	17	16	14	14	14	14	14	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	8	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rocklands (calm at SHIP893 2 km from Rocklands). 1.3m 9s swell from the S with a 1.0m 12s groundswell from the WSW and a 0.7m 13s groundswell, also from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 23 minutes ago Rocklands

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1 h 23 min ago

4 km/h

Clean

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