The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 16 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
17.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Wedge today?

The current surf forecast for The Wedge at 12PM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (16 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
1
1
2
3
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)15141414141313131312121211111212111113111313139
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)62924955422237523010241721031819185317421735203717791779174515942716282627951938199019352005711
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
SE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
NW
10
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNW
25
WSW
15
NNW
20
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
NNW
20
NW
30
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
crosscrossoncrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:20AM
1.86
2:45PM
1.78
2:56AM
1.93
3:22PM
1.83
3:34AM
1.96
4:01PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:37AM
0.25
8:45PM
0.32
9:13AM
0.20
9:23PM
0.29
9:51AM
0.19
10:02PM
0.30
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise-7:09-------7:09-------7:09------
Sunset----6:22-------6:21-------6:20---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------1155111111---12
Temp. °C151517181816161514141714141314131313161717161615
Feels °C (?)13141515151415131110121011912111111131311121212
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