Rocklands Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Rocklands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 06 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 3.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rocklands today?

The current surf forecast for Rocklands at 8AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 23s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 2.0m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	12s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	8ft (2.4m)	7s
Evening (06 Nov)	8ft (2.5m)	8s

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

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	Thursday 06							Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sun 09
	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	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	1	1	3	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	SW	WSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	16	16	15	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	472	407	359	611	611	655	644	393	356	936	589	207	320	329	282	202	464	206	353	574	598	581	573	648
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SSW	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:23AM 1.84				3:36PM 1.95				4:06AM 1.82				4:19PM 1.87				4:50AM 1.75					5:05PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			9:24AM 0.28				9:53PM 0.18				10:07AM 0.33				10:36PM 0.26				10:53AM 0.42					11:21PM 0.38

	Thursday 06							Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sun 09
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	21	23	23	20	18	16	15	17	24	28	26	23	21	19	19	22	26	24	24	24	21	20
Feels °C (?)	13	15	18	16	18	15	14	13	13	15	23	25	23	20	20	18	17	21	25	22	21	22	20	19

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