The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 03 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
17.0° C
(Which is 1.6°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 5AM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (03 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
2
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121212111111111110101010111115161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16591607147512079768057366616033804394314233823222393965921556213655388995101139775
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
0
NNW
0
WSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
S
5
SW
5
W
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
S
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglasscross-
on
glassoncrosscross-
off
crossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:55AM
1.84
4:13PM
1.72
4:22AM
1.79
4:41PM
1.67
4:49AM
1.72
5:09PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:44PM
0.38
10:06AM
0.34
10:10PM
0.41
10:31AM
0.38
10:36PM
0.47
10:57AM
0.44
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise---6:58-------7:00-------7:00----
Sunset------6:38-------6:37-------6:36-
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
122--1------------------
Temp. °C211919191921202019181817202020191818181719191818
Feels °C (?)212121202122212221201918201919191818161516151415
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