Rocklands Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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Rocklands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr 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) & Date	Wave Height	Wave 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
	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	6	6	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	9	9	8	8	4
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	15	17	17	16	16	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	5950	5868	4739	3912	3188	2521	2101	1677	1388	1342	1062	1114	1094	906	829	610	1256	2187	3769	8400	9386	7637	7201	5731
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	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	cross- 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	-	-
Sunset	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	12	12	14	18	20	18	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	14	14	13	14	18	19
Feels °C (?)	7	8	8	9	9	12	16	17	14	13	13	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	9	10	9	10	14	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind 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.
1 hour 33 minutes ago Rocklands

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40 km/h

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