The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 04 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
19.5° C
(Which is 1.9°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 11AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (04 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (04 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)111111101010121212121212121212121111111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5827918136946806941188128114861439129812201112944928778675600534524515505406848
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
ENE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
W
5
SW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
SW
5
WSW
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
0
NNE
10
SE
10
S
10
WSW
15
WNW
15
WNW
35
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27PM
1.74
4:43AM
1.87
4:55PM
1.70
5:10AM
1.81
5:21PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
0.03
10:31PM
-0.00
10:54AM
0.05
10:57PM
0.05
11:20AM
0.10
11:22PM
0.13
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise-6:16-------6:16-------6:16------
Sunset----6:59-------6:58-------6:57---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------1----------1
Temp. °C171821212119191918202120191918181719212121201918
Feels °C (?)171820202120201917202120202119191821212121191713
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