The Wedge 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.91° S 18.46° E

Issued: 7 am 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's The Wedge sea temperature is

16.3°C

The Wedge surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Wedge today (31 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with WSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with WSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Wedge at 12PM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 31). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	11s
Afternoon (31 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	11s
Evening (31 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Saturday 31							Sunday 1								Monday 2
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
Wave Graph
kJ	828	729	799	716	603	586	1380	1804	2141	1858	1697	1677	1626	1379	1229	960	1047	683	497	488	396	354	347
Wind (km/h)	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		6:44AM1.52m				7:08PM1.42m				7:59AM1.44m					8:38PM1.31m				9:35AM1.42m				10:26PM1.31m
Low Tide				12:58PM0.68m				1:30AM0.66m					2:38PM0.75m				3:08AM0.73m				4:26PM0.72m


	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	17	20	21	19	17	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	17	16	15	15	16	18	18	17	16	16
Feels °C	15	16	18	19	17	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	14	13	12	12	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	W 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
kJ	828	729	799	716	603	546	1380	1804	2141	1858	1697	1677	1626	1379	1229	960	1047	683	497	488	396	354	347
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	SSW 11	W 11	SSW 10	SW 14	SW 14	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	—	W 11	W 11	W 11	W 11	W 18	W 18	W 18	—	W 16	SSW 14
kJ	79	76	2	67	218	586	416	105	72	102	71	71	—	38	37	37	58	6	6	6	—	5	19
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 11	W 11	NW 11	W 11	SSW 10	SSW 10	—	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	—	—	—	—	SE 13	SE 13	—	—	—	W 18	—	W 16
kJ	2	2	5	2	65	65	—	3	3	3	3	—	—	—	—	7	7	—	—	—	6	—	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	SSE 4	S 4	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	SSE 5	—	—	—	—	—	SE 4	SSE 4	SE 4	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6
kJ	16	15	15	28	62	55	37	22	23	—	—	—	—	—	16	28	20	98	212	243	240	246	206
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	The Wedge Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Milnerton Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Dumps Cape Town	Haakgat Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Dumps Cape Town
Rating (10 max)	2	3	2	1	1	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	2
Distance (km)	0	25	27	338	338	27	27	8	27	27	27	338	319	58	47	47	4	18	142	399	399	82	4
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Captains	Noordhoek	Olifants Bos			Long Beach	Long Beach	Kamer Van	Long Beach	Olifants Bos	Olifants Bos						Captains	Captains					Kreefte Reef
Rating (10 max)	4	3	3			3	3	4	4	4	4						4	4					3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gansbaai Overberg	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kamer Van Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

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