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The Wedge Surf Forecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 06 May 2021 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 14.0 °C (Statistics for 06 May 1981-2005 - mean: 17.4 max: 18.7 min: 16.1 °C)

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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 14.0 °C (Statistics for 06 May 1981-2005 - mean: 17.4 max: 18.7 min: 16.1 °C)

Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Still cross-shore at The Wedge (strong winds from the SE at Table Bay 3 km from The Wedge).
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How big are the waves at The Wedge today?

The current surf forecast for The Wedge at 10AM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 06). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 May)	5ft (1.6m)	13s
Afternoon (06 May)	5ft (1.6m)	13s
Evening (06 May)	5ft (1.5m)	13s

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

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Thursday 06							Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11								Wednesday 12								Thursday 13
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	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	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM


SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	S	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	WSW	S	S	S	S	SSW
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SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	NNW	NW	NNW	WNW	WNW	W	NNW	NNW	NW	ESE	NNE	W	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	E	ENE	NNE	NW	NW
cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
			12:41PM 1.39				12:54AM 1.56				1:23PM 1.47				1:31AM 1.63				1:57PM 1.53					2:03AM 1.68				2:27PM 1.59				2:32AM 1.71				2:55PM 1.62				3:00AM 1.72				3:24PM 1.64				3:27AM 1.72				3:52PM 1.64				3:55AM 1.69
	6:38AM 0.63				6:42PM 0.66				7:20AM 0.55				7:21PM 0.60				7:53AM 0.48				7:54PM 0.55					8:21AM 0.43				8:23PM 0.51				8:47AM 0.40				8:51PM 0.49				9:13AM 0.38				9:18PM 0.48				9:39AM 0.37				9:46PM 0.50				10:06AM 0.39
Note: the tide data above is for Cape Town, South Africa which is 4 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for The Wedge.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph Offshore winds at The Wedge blow from the E

Thursday 06							Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11								Wednesday 12								Thursday 13
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	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	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM

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