Rocklands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
15.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Rocklands today?

The current surf forecast for Rocklands at 7AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (15 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (15 Oct)5ft (1.6m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
3
2
1
1
2
1
3
2
4
4
3
7
4
6
5
5
4
4
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313131312121212991113131314141313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)55255242441833532431968372173414654549509756885862457449153697299923971960164013881237
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
30
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSW
10
SW
20
SSW
15
S
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
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
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)
5:03AM
0.76
6:01PM
0.69
6:13AM
0.68
6:55PM
0.58
7:00AM
0.59
7:33PM
0.48
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise---6:05-------6:03-------6:03----
Sunset------6:59-------7:00-------7:00-
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151515151615141415141414151415151312121418201916
Feels °C (?)121111121210910999676798891216171514
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rocklands (calm at Observatory wx 8 km from Rocklands). 1.4m 8s swell from the SW with a 1.0m 13s groundswell, also from the SW and a 0.3m 14s groundswell, also from the WNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

    Rocklands
Expand
<
>
View all

1 h 38 min ago

2 km/h
SSW
Clean
Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Rocklands surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest