The Wedge Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.91° S 18.46° E)

Surf Forecasts:

The Wedge surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 13 Nov 2025 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 14.9° 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 8PM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 13). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	13s
Afternoon (13 Nov)	7ft (2.2m)	12s
Evening (13 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	11s

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

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	Thursday 13					Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	W	SSW	W	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	16	14	14	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2341	1472	1174	773	773	372	281	212	160	143	168	143	238	440	388	348	381	446	600	664	875	2119	2886	2012
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:38AM 1.44					11:25PM 1.31				11:44AM 1.50				12:22AM 1.38				12:32PM 1.57				1:04AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)				5:25PM 0.70				5:27AM 0.73				6:20PM 0.62				6:19AM 0.68				7:00PM 0.55				7:00AM 0.62

	Thursday 13					Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33
Sunset	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	22	21	19	17	16	18	21	20	19	18	18	17	16	17	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	16
Feels °C (?)	17	18	18	18	17	16	15	16	17	15	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	10	8	10	9	10	11

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