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 02 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 14.0° C
(Which is 1.9°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: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 19s secondary swell from a West direction, 2.1m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (02 Oct)	11ft (3.5m)	12s
Evening (02 Oct)	10ft (3.0m)	12s

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

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	Thursday 02			Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	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)	2	2	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	1	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	3610	2375	2113	2671	2263	1928	1665	1332	1320	706	563	455	439	431	382	361	354	304	234	569	550	537	460	445
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	S	S	SSE	ESE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	WSW	SW	SSW	SW	WSW	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				12:31AM 1.38				12:51PM 1.54				1:13AM 1.52				1:28PM 1.70				1:51AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		6:27PM 0.69				6:36AM 0.62				7:08PM 0.53				7:16AM 0.49				7:45PM 0.37				7:53AM 0.37

	Thursday 02			Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	12	11	11	16	21	23	19	16	17	15	14	17	16	17	16	15	15	14	14	15	15
Feels °C (?)	4	6	6	8	7	8	13	18	20	15	13	15	11	9	13	12	15	15	14	13	12	12	11	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Rocklands (strong winds from the SE at SHIP1964 2 km from Rocklands). 2.9m 12s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.6m 6s windswell from the SE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
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