The Wreck Surf Forecast

/ Garden Route (22 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.09° S 23.39° E)

Surf Forecasts:

The Wreck surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 03 Sep 2025 SAST

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The Wreck surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's The Wreck sea temperature is 17.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Wreck today?

The current surf forecast for The Wreck at 9AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Sep)	6ft (1.8m)	13s
Afternoon (03 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	13s
Evening (03 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	13s

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

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	Wednesday 03							Thursday 04								Friday 05								Sat 06
	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	2	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1356	1365	1305	1483	1732	2325	2135	1913	1584	1302	1265	1150	1092	975	1032	971	1185	1609	2076	2239	2171	2250	2194	2110
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	SW	WSW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	SW	SSW	SSW	WNW	N	ENE	ENE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)				1:30PM 1.20				1:33AM 1.32					2:03PM 1.39				2:09AM 1.48				2:33PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		7:14AM 0.58				7:28PM 0.60				7:51AM 0.41					8:06PM 0.42				8:21AM 0.25				8:39PM 0.25

	Wednesday 03							Thursday 04								Friday 05								Sat 06
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	18	18	16	14	14	14	14	14	17	17	16	13	13	14	14	15	18	18	17	16	15	14
Feels °C (?)	12	12	14	14	13	12	11	11	12	12	15	15	15	13	13	14	13	14	16	16	15	15	14	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

Wind Update light winds from the SW at Cape Saint Francis mean that it is cross-off at The Wreck. 2.0m 7s swell from the WSW with a 1.7m 13s groundswell from the SW and a 0.4m 7s swell from the ESE. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 20 minutes ago The Wreck

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