The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 11 Apr 2026 SAST
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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
17.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Wedge today?

The current surf forecast for The Wedge at 4AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (12 Apr)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (12 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131212121212121211111111111110101414131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9328127738278007366505734834223382932542162162406237157679769329879361044
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSW
0
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:36PM
1.35
12:07PM
1.32
12:28AM
1.48
12:54PM
1.45
1:07AM
1.62
1:33PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:06PM
0.83
6:03AM
0.78
6:09PM
0.73
6:48AM
0.63
6:54PM
0.61
7:26AM
0.49
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise-----7:05-------7:05-------7:07--
Sunset6:28-------6:27-------6:25-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C211918181818202120181817171720222119191817171920
Feels °C (?)201818181919191918171717171820212119201918171818
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