The Wedge Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.04° S 147.47° E

The Wedge 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 27 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Wedge sea temperature is
11.6°C
0.2° 

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


How big are the waves at The Wedge today (27 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 20s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Wedge at 11PM is: 0.4m 20s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 27). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Aug)--
Afternoon (27 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (27 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)20s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 14°C on Sat morning, min 10°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
3
1
0
1
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.4
SSW
20
0.5
SSW
20
0.6
SSW
19
0.7
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
1.3
SW
12
1.2
SW
13
1.1
SSW
13
1.2
SSW
14
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
12
1.3
SSW
11
1.5
SSW
14
1.7
SSW
14
1.7
SSW
14
1.8
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
106
100
78
129
216
277
344
373
479
464
421
522
817
726
436
379
917
1099
1187
1312
Wind (km/h)
5
E
10
SE
5
W
15
NNW
15
NW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:26PM0.68m
7:18AM0.43m
6:16PM0.65m
7:54AM0.47m
7:10PM0.61m
Low Tide
00:55AM0.12m
11:45AM0.32m
1:32AM0.14m
12:53PM0.31m
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:45
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:37
5:37
5:38
 mm
1
Temp °C
13
13
13
11
11
11
10
11
12
12
10
10
10
10
11
13
14
13
13
13
Feels °C
11
10
11
6
7
6
4
5
6
6
6
6
6
5
6
8
8
8
8
8
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