The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 23 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 9PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 23). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)--
Afternoon (23 Jan)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (23 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
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
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
0.8
SSW
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)77788981211111112121313131312121212161111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8484667284774345134140147228277357418466504627597514440331314268
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
E
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
N
25
NNE
25
N
25
ENE
35
ENE
20
ENE
15
S
10
SE
20
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
10
S
5
SW
5
NNW
10
N
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
onononononononglassoffoffcross-
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
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:51AM
0.33
6:20PM
0.16
7:15AM
0.27
6:59PM
0.21
8:32AM
0.20
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise------5:58-------6:01-------6:01-
Sunset--8:44-------8:43-------8:42-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131414131311121822181818161514141414141312111113
Feels °C (?)91088967131712151716127778910119911
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