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The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
15.5° C
 (Which is 4.1°C colder than average for this time of year)
Nearby Cam: 4km away, Table Mountain Cape Town webcam Live Stream, Milnerton

How big are the waves at The Wedge today?

The current surf forecast for The Wedge at 10AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Afternoon (08 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (08 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
S
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111111111111101212121211111414131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1984144813231194113416052235223521311474128111541258830713550475372275347486509555435
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
SW
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
30
S
40
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42AM
1.70
6:58PM
1.47
7:26AM
1.60
7:45PM
1.37
8:14AM
1.51
8:41PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02PM
0.60
1:00AM
0.60
1:50PM
0.69
1:44AM
0.70
2:46PM
0.76
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-5:43-------5:43-------5:45------
Sunset-----8:00-------8:00-------8:00--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161820212221201919192222222119171719262929252220
Feels °C (?)151617192122201817161817161615141517242626222019
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