The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 15 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
16.9° C
(Which is 1.2°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 10AM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)13ft (4.0m)13s
Afternoon (15 Apr)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (15 Apr)15ft (4.5m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
1
2
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
SW
3.5
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
Period(s) (?)141413131313161616161514141414131313131212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2582351241194863568855281077996418260720760214955422237523054268122072045173616651524130213271370
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
5
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
N
10
N
15
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNW
35
NW
20
SW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:44AM
1.75
2:09PM
1.69
2:20AM
1.86
2:45PM
1.78
2:56AM
1.93
3:22PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:02AM
0.35
8:09PM
0.40
8:37AM
0.25
8:45PM
0.32
9:13AM
0.20
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise---7:07-------7:09-------7:09----
Sunset------6:22-------6:22-------6:21-
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
heavy rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
11--------------------178
Temp. °C181818171818171716161514171818161615141418171212
Feels °C (?)171615141515131413141313151515141513119131089
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