The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 16 Feb 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
15.1° C
(Which is 4.7°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 8PM is: 1.1m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (16 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (16 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)18s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
0
1
3
2
3
3
2
1
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2.2
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)111119181816161615151515151414141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33537952680477796611231685183218082038226822781956177914221266106910531659976809865760
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
5
WNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
W
15
SW
15
S
10
S
10
S
5
S
0
E
5
NNE
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
S
5
S
0
SW
5
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
ononcross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:05PM
1.68
3:25AM
1.79
3:37PM
1.75
3:55AM
1.86
4:09PM
1.79
4:25AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:03AM
0.49
9:12PM
0.39
9:34AM
0.40
9:42PM
0.34
10:05AM
0.34
10:12PM
0.31
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise-------6:22-------6:22-------6:24
Sunset--7:37-------7:37-------7:36-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C323129272321202024242322212120212524222120201919
Feels °C (?)292726262220202024232222222322222423222322222121
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