The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 20 Feb 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
16.4° C
(Which is 3.4°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 4AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 20). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (20 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (20 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
SW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212111111111113131313131313131314141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)79977363456149438327823319816814011611611611411411411411395169178232309
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
10
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
NNE
10
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:58AM
1.91
5:16PM
1.76
5:34AM
1.87
5:53PM
1.68
6:12AM
1.79
6:35PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:43PM
0.31
11:11AM
0.32
11:17PM
0.35
11:47AM
0.38
11:52PM
0.43
12:28PM
0.47
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise---6:24-------6:26-------6:26----
Sunset------7:32-------7:31-------7:30-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212020212527272522212021262626242321192023232320
Feels °C (?)202021222626262522222122272526262521191922222321
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