The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 24 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
17.0° C
(Which is 1.9°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 9AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 24). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (24 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (24 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SW
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.3
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)898121111111212131313131212121211111111111414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)827743451341401472282773574184665045495314554403693093093091947874
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNE
20
N
25
N
20
NNE
25
ENE
35
ENE
20
ENE
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
N
10
N
10
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
onononononononglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:27AM
0.52
11:36AM
0.56
1:04AM
0.58
12:55PM
0.50
1:43AM
0.63
2:21PM
0.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:51AM
0.33
6:20PM
0.16
7:15AM
0.27
6:59PM
0.21
8:32AM
0.20
7:40PM
0.26
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise--5:58-------6:01-------6:01-----
Sunset------8:43-------8:42-------8:40-
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131112182119191816151414151414131211111316161614
Feels °C (?)96713161316171513881081010111091112111110
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