The Wedge 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.91° S 18.46° E

Issued: 1 am 14 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Wedge sea temperature is

15.5°C

The Wedge surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Wedge today (14 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Nov, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Wedge at 7AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 14). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 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 (14 Nov)	8ft (2.5m)	14s
Afternoon (14 Nov)	8ft (2.5m)	14s
Evening (14 Nov)	8ft (2.5m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tue 17
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	1476	2172	2606	2862	2664	2448	2316	2256	1977	1668	1514	1279	1103	990	773	683	555	494	442	442	450	593	663	744	878	865
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	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	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			5:48AM1.48m				5:48PM1.40m				6:32AM1.41m				6:35PM1.31m				7:28AM1.37m				7:43PM1.24m
Low Tide	11:21PM0.57m				11:45AM0.74m				11:59PM0.65m				12:36PM0.81m				00:48AM0.73m				1:50PM0.85m				1:58AM0.79m


	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33
	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:27	—	—	—	7:28
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	15	16	21	21	21	20	17	16	16	18	21	20	19	17	17	16	16	17	20	20	19	17	17	15	15
Feels °C	12	13	12	17	16	15	16	14	14	15	17	19	15	13	12	13	13	14	14	16	15	13	11	14	13	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13
kJ	1476	2172	2606	2862	2664	2448	2316	2256	1977	1668	1514	1279	1103	990	773	683	555	494	442	442	450	593	663	744	878	865
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	W 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SW 20	SW 19	SW 19	W 19	—	W 16	W 16	W 16	W 16	W 16	NW 16	W 15
kJ	72	72	33	31	30	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	15	15	15	7	—	5	5	5	5	5	10	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6
kJ	66	64	160	193	291	455	458	342	261	192	177	182	215	173	144	149	151	149	148	110	139	148	246	280	237	207
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Mbomvu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	The Wedge Cape Town	The Wedge Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Kamer Van Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	3	4	3	1	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Distance (km)	7	7	13	142	1017	1073	399	7	7	0	0	20	399	597	453	82	47	7	7	142	399	417	399	13	7	4
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Kamer Van	Haakgat	Kamer Van					Kamer Van	Haakgat	Kreefte Reef	Haakgat	Beach Road						Beach Road	Beach Road					Beach Road	Sollys	Sollys
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4					4	4	4	4	4						3	2					4	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Fish Boma Garden Route	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Mbomvu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Hell West Coast	Hell West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Magna Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Sollys Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	6	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	7	9	9	9	9	9	7	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	8	9	9	9	8	5	5	9

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