The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 19 Jan 2026 AEDT
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The Wedge surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Wedge sea temperature is
17.5° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Wedge today?

The current surf forecast for The Wedge at 8PM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 19). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)--
Afternoon (19 Jan)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (19 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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

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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)13121212121212122423222120191818171616161615156
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3331151515141414441061542293994974645475343901123291284204172127
Wind
(km/h)
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
15
N
5
ENE
15
ENE
10
SE
10
S
5
W
5
NW
5
NW
0
NW
10
ESE
20
S
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:00PM
0.37
7:49AM
0.73
10:40PM
0.39
8:36AM
0.71
11:17PM
0.43
9:28AM
0.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:28AM
0.36
3:47PM
0.07
1:34AM
0.37
4:26PM
0.08
2:55AM
0.37
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise------5:54-------5:54-------5:56-
Sunset--8:46-------8:45-------8:45-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------331--1-
Temp. °C181817151514141819181715151414151514131313111213
Feels °C (?)11111211121111171616161515131414127555445
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