The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 14 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
16.6° C
(Which is 1.5°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 6AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (14 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (14 Apr)8ft (2.4m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
2
3
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313161414141314131316161616151414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)83997693210779361044230020892582300931364646515247909624882477187207584549554370375234102802
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
S
0
SE
5
NNW
10
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:07AM
1.62
1:33PM
1.58
1:44AM
1.75
2:09PM
1.69
2:20AM
1.86
2:45PM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:26AM
0.49
7:32PM
0.50
8:02AM
0.35
8:09PM
0.40
8:37AM
0.25
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise---7:07-------7:07-------7:09----
Sunset------6:24-------6:22-------6:22-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------1---------------
Temp. °C191918182021201918181817181817161616151517181817
Feels °C (?)192019181920191817161514161414131414131416161515
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