The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 02 Apr 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
18.8° 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 12PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (02 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)13131313121212121213131312121212111112111111118
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38053760966366664576161456110531137940854683736383325350427268338263229251
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
0
ENE
5
S
10
SE
0
ENE
5
SW
5
NNW
5
W
5
W
10
W
5
WSW
20
SW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
glassglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:44AM
1.83
4:00PM
1.69
4:11AM
1.82
4:27PM
1.66
4:37AM
1.76
4:53PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:58AM
0.04
10:00PM
0.08
10:23AM
0.06
10:26PM
0.12
10:48AM
0.11
10:52PM
0.18
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise-6:39-------6:39-------6:39------
Sunset----6:20-------6:19-------6:17---
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------1--1--------
Temp. °C181922242121212121212423202019201919212019191918
Feels °C (?)182023242323232323222622212120212020211919191817
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