Surf Forecast Surf Report
The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 30 Apr 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
16.2° C
(Which is 3.1°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 2AM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 30). An open ocean swell of 2.3m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 May)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (01 May)13ft (4.0m)11s
Evening (01 May)11ft (3.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thu
08
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
1.7
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
S
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111111111212111111111111111211111111111111111111111110101015141413121113131313121111101112121212111214151817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)19381398187016177341665258435533466319028652744281627772816288929303229268325542296211618581604153113811211108688377869859534527426925524538441148649253561365971267865055858271386910319979469141034996120742884873
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
30
W
40
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNE
15
SSE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
E
10
ESE
10
E
5
NNE
5
N
10
N
5
N
10
NNW
5
SSW
5
S
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
S
10
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoncross-
on
oncrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscrossglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:27PM
1.62
5:43AM
1.62
6:11PM
1.49
6:28AM
1.43
7:04PM
1.35
7:24AM
1.25
8:19PM
1.23
8:50AM
1.11
10:08PM
1.19
10:49AM
1.08
11:40PM
1.26
12:11PM
1.15
12:36AM
1.36
1:01PM
1.24
1:15AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
0.21
11:59AM
0.23
12:18AM
0.37
12:45PM
0.39
1:15AM
0.54
1:45PM
0.53
2:43AM
0.67
3:15PM
0.63
4:49AM
0.69
5:02PM
0.63
6:16AM
0.61
6:13PM
0.56
7:05AM
0.50
6:59PM
0.48
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thu
08
Sunrise-----7:01-------7:01-------7:01-------7:03-------7:03-------7:03-------7:05------
Sunset5:45-------5:45-------5:44-------5:43-------5:43-------5:42-------5:40-------5:39---
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Rain (mm)
2-------32222111--------------------------------------------
Temp. °C161615141314181614131312121213141414141413131616151414141314182018171818181823221918171615151818171515151515181717161617
Feels °C (?)121312109111288887667789101010101413121111121011161716151515151521191716141313131717171514141414181717161616
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