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Rocklands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Rocklands today?
The current surf forecast for Rocklands at 2AM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 11s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 11s |
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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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 2277 | 1978 | 1777 | 1551 | 1227 | 834 | 459 | 457 | 382 | 632 | 747 | 655 | 690 | 711 | 394 | 615 | 467 | 274 | 186 | 166 | 240 | 244 | 250 | 248 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:15AM 1.46 | 1:36PM 1.59 | 1:56AM 1.56 | 2:12PM 1.69 | 2:31AM 1.63 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:12PM 0.60 | 7:26AM 0.54 | 7:55PM 0.48 | 8:03AM 0.46 | 8:30PM 0.40 | 8:35AM 0.40 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - |
| Sunset | 6:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town
Continuing clean conditions at Rocklands (calm at Observatory wx 8 km from Rocklands). 2.4m 12s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.1m 11s groundswell from the W. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 h 11 min ago
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