The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 04 Dec 2025 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
19.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at The Wedge today?

The current surf forecast for The Wedge at 3PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 04). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (04 Dec)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (04 Dec)4ft (1.2m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
0
1
0
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)1010101010101010101099910101099998131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)363314268266266271271273225220171168133315392442332294225220184171374987
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
5
ENE
10
W
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
5
NW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
E
10
N
5
N
5
N
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscrossglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:01PM
1.83
3:32AM
1.69
3:46PM
1.82
4:16AM
1.70
4:31PM
1.76
5:01AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:47AM
0.13
9:22PM
0.00
9:34AM
0.10
10:05PM
0.01
10:21AM
0.12
10:48PM
0.05
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise-------5:07-------5:07-------5:07
Sunset--7:24-------7:25-------7:25-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------11---------
Temp. °C222121201918172021212119191818181920201817161619
Feels °C (?)201920201918162020202119201919181819191816161619
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Wedge surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest