The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 30 Oct 2025 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
14.3° C
(Which is 2.5°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 7PM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 30). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Oct)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (30 Oct)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (30 Oct)10ft (3.0m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
1
2
3
1
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313131313121012121213131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4100355031392930254923182154177816711060108668847911562693344836213619347830872555216619781742
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
SW
0
SSE
0
NW
5
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:52AM
1.33
10:36PM
1.25
11:10AM
1.44
11:47PM
1.37
12:04PM
1.58
12:37AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:37PM
0.80
4:47AM
0.76
5:43PM
0.66
5:48AM
0.65
6:31PM
0.50
6:37AM
0.53
Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
01
Sunday
02
Sunrise-------5:47-------5:46-------5:45
Sunset--7:10-------7:12-------7:13-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------1----------
Temp. °C242625221917161717171716161515151616161515141314
Feels °C (?)222322211819171715141414151312121111111212111011
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Wedge surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest