The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 18 Sep 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
15.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at The Wedge today?

The current surf forecast for The Wedge at 5AM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (18 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)5ft (1.6m)11s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.8
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.4
SSW
1.5
S
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121111111111111111121210121010101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1777155112278344594574426327396556077113844974672741861661098171543244
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
0
SE
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
S
10
SSW
0
SE
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
1.46
1:36PM
1.59
1:56AM
1.56
2:12PM
1.69
2:31AM
1.63
2:43PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:26AM
0.54
7:55PM
0.48
8:03AM
0.46
8:30PM
0.40
8:35AM
0.40
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise---6:41-------6:39-------6:39----
Sunset------6:38-------6:39-------6:39-
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131212121515151413121212172121201917151517171615
Feels °C (?)11111010131211111091010151919191715131314141415
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at The Wedge (calm at Observatory wx 3 km from The Wedge). 2.1m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.9m 10s swell from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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