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The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 11 Mar 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
19.9° 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 9AM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 1.9m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Afternoon (11 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (11 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)9s

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

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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
3
2
0
1
2
3
4
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
2.3
E
2.1
E
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
2.3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.1
E
1.3
SSW
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.2
SW
1.6
E
1.2
SW
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.1
SW
1.4
E
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)788888889991499139129991291318
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)444426395652579422470755955999742690614565495449428367364372318318374510
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
E
5
ENE
0
E
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
0
NE
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
WNW
5
W
0
SSW
10
SE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglasscross-
on		ononononglassglassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
1.15
7:48PM
0.99
8:52AM
1.01
12:30AM
0.98
12:40PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:03AM
0.65
1:49PM
0.72
1:56AM
0.80
5:06PM
0.80
6:29AM
0.81
7:11PM
0.65
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise---6:20-------6:22-------6:22----
Sunset------6:50-------6:49-------6:47-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020222625262424242426292927242625232427262423
Feels °C (?)202021232625262424242425282926232524222526262423
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