The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 05 Mar 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
18.2° C
(Which is 1.3°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 5AM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (05 Mar)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (05 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
WSW
1.3
SW
2.1
SW
3
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
S
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)13121212121212111111101011111110109101111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17641439139212009448558127566965725303944154876153419161341237731983172178322521935
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NW
15
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
0
SSW
5
NW
10
N
15
N
20
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:26AM
1.90
4:42PM
1.75
4:56AM
1.84
5:10PM
1.69
5:24AM
1.76
5:39PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:14PM
0.32
10:38AM
0.34
10:41PM
0.36
11:05AM
0.39
11:08PM
0.43
11:32AM
0.47
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise---6:35-------6:37-------6:37----
Sunset------7:17-------7:15-------7:15-
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------1-1------
Temp. °C191818182222211919181818212221191917161617181817
Feels °C (?)191818172121222020181817181818171613101010101011
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