Rocklands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 16 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
15.0° 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 10PM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 6.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)--
Afternoon (16 Oct)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (16 Oct)13ft (4.0m)14s

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

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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
6
6
5
5
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
4
9
9
8
8
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
2
SSW
2.4
SSW
3
SW
4
SSW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)131413131313121212121111111111111214151717161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)595058684739391231882521210116771388134210621114109490682961012562187376984009386763772015731
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
30
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
15
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:57AM
1.44
1:10PM
1.61
1:35AM
1.53
1:44PM
1.69
2:06AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:55PM
0.58
7:00AM
0.59
7:33PM
0.48
7:36AM
0.52
8:04PM
0.42
8:06AM
0.47
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----6:03-------6:01-------6:00--
Sunset7:00-------7:00-------7:00-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151413121214182018161615151515161615141413141819
Feels °C (?)78899121617141313111112111211119109101414
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Rocklands (strong winds from the SSE at SHIP3080 2 km from Rocklands). 3.0m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.9m 6s windswell from the SE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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40 km/h
SSE
Offshore
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