Rocklands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 11 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
15.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rocklands today?

The current surf forecast for Rocklands at 12PM is: 5.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 6.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jul)15ft (4.5m)16s
Afternoon (11 Jul)18ft (5.5m)14s
Evening (11 Jul)16ft (5.0m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
SW
5.5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
Period(s) (?)151615141414141414141414141414141313131313121212121212111111111111141414141716161615151414141313131212141414151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)62278597109301227311206964385687726718866826847669963835571483538663087257421742013182416291596164814991348122510809971103113711931163169118342506412868516603564950584078290419682227255727603225321331333462491653955875648668727361791483328347
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
35
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
0
ESE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
N
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
N
20
N
25
N
30
NNW
35
NNW
30
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:28AM
1.61
3:59PM
1.65
4:05AM
1.63
4:34PM
1.69
4:43AM
1.63
5:10PM
1.72
5:22AM
1.61
5:48PM
1.72
6:04AM
1.57
6:31PM
1.70
6:51AM
1.51
7:18PM
1.66
7:44AM
1.43
8:13PM
1.59
8:49AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:41AM
0.38
10:03PM
0.49
10:16AM
0.36
10:41PM
0.46
10:51AM
0.36
11:20PM
0.44
11:28AM
0.38
12:02AM
0.45
12:09PM
0.42
12:49AM
0.48
12:53PM
0.49
1:43AM
0.53
1:46PM
0.56
2:47AM
0.58
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Sunrise-7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:48-------7:48-------7:48-------7:48--
Sunset----5:52-------5:52-------5:53-------5:53-------5:54-------5:55-------5:55-------
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Rain (mm)
12-----------------------------------1------------122211----
Temp. °C151413131212121211101012131213121212141413131313131313141413131212131314141414131212131414141413121214151516141414131414
Feels °C (?)10767688876710109109910121110101010101091010910991091011121110991011111212108799101311111010119
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