Rocklands Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Rocklands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 09 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 14.6° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rocklands today?

The current surf forecast for Rocklands at 1AM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Oct)	7ft (2.1m)	13s
Afternoon (10 Oct)	7ft (2.1m)	13s
Evening (10 Oct)	7ft (2.1m)	13s

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

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	Thursday 09			Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	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	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1313	1249	1271	1404	1474	1521	1475	1498	1430	1452	1474	1637	1785	1785	1664	1594	1327	1269	1077	998	983	809	771	715
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:35PM 1.91					5:02AM 1.75				5:17PM 1.79				5:47AM 1.63				6:04PM 1.62				6:40AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)			10:51PM 0.23					11:02AM 0.37				11:33PM 0.36				11:48AM 0.51				12:22AM 0.52				12:46PM 0.66

	Thursday 09			Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sunday 12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	17	18	16	16	16	18	19	18	16	16	15	15	16	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	19	20
Feels °C (?)	17	13	15	14	14	13	14	15	14	12	13	13	13	14	15	14	12	11	11	12	12	13	18	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Rocklands (moderate winds from the E at Observatory wx 8 km from Rocklands). 2.1m 12s groundswell from the SW with a 1.7m 6s windswell from the S. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
41 minutes ago Rocklands

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Actual: 41 min ago

23 km/h

Cross-Off

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