Rocklands Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Rocklands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 12 Nov 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 13.8° C
(Which is 3.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rocklands today?

The current surf forecast for Rocklands at 11AM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 12). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Nov)	6.5ft (2.0m)	13s
Afternoon (12 Nov)	6ft (1.9m)	13s
Evening (12 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	12s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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	Wednesday 12							Thursday 13								Friday 14								Sat 15
	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	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	S	S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	6	10	10	10	6	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1650	1533	1384	1170	980	843	1042	1313	1713	2458	1914	1472	1119	773	662	372	281	280	212	563	183	145	245	371
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
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	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:10AM 1.41				9:58PM 1.26				10:38AM 1.44					11:25PM 1.31				11:44AM 1.50				12:22AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)	2:40AM 0.75				4:04PM 0.76				4:15AM 0.77					5:25PM 0.70				5:27AM 0.73				6:20PM 0.62

	Wednesday 12							Thursday 13								Friday 14								Sat 15
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	20	21	19	18	17	17	16	17	19	20	21	21	19	17	16	17	19	19	19	18	17	17
Feels °C (?)	17	17	17	19	17	17	15	15	13	13	15	15	16	17	15	15	13	14	15	13	13	13	11	12

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