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Rocklands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 14 Oct 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Rocklands today?
The current surf forecast for Rocklands at 11PM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (14 Oct) | 4ft (1.2m) | 14s |
| Evening (14 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Rocklands. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 577 | 560 | 552 | 552 | 424 | 418 | 335 | 324 | 819 | 683 | 1141 | 734 | 1604 | 4549 | 5196 | 5774 | 5950 | 5868 | 4989 | 3912 | 2999 | 2560 | 1960 | 1640 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:35PM 1.26 | 11:25AM 1.39 | 12:05AM 1.34 | 12:27PM 1.51 | 12:57AM 1.44 | 1:10PM 1.61 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:33PM 0.80 | 5:03AM 0.76 | 6:01PM 0.69 | 6:13AM 0.68 | 6:55PM 0.58 | 7:00AM 0.59 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 6:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:03 | - | - |
| Sunset | 6:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:59 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 20 |
| Feels °C (?) | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 17 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town
The wind is still cross-off at Rocklands (light winds from the SSW at SHIP2391 2 km from Rocklands). 1.2m 7s swell from the SW with a 0.7m 13s groundswell, also from the SW and a 0.3m 14s groundswell, also from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
3 h 6 min ago
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