The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 06 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
17.4° C
(Which is 1.1°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 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s
Afternoon (06 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
4
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)161514141414141313131213131314131313121313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8823735762876705677063075313451740013587189018931893173417441780157912451071914848726583628
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
0
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:16AM
1.63
5:39PM
1.53
5:44AM
1.52
6:13PM
1.43
6:16AM
1.41
6:56PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:03PM
0.55
11:24AM
0.52
11:32PM
0.64
11:54AM
0.61
12:05AM
0.75
12:31PM
0.71
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise---7:01-------7:01-------7:03----
Sunset------6:35-------6:34-------6:31-
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181817171919181716161515192222202020202127272420
Feels °C (?)151515161515131313141314171919191919192026242219
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