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The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 12 Feb 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
24.3° C
 (Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Wedge today?

The current surf forecast for The Wedge at 9AM is: 2.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)8ft (2.4m)9s
Afternoon (12 Feb)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (12 Feb)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
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)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
1.5
S
1.8
S
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)106791010101313131313121212131414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17717128586512631299137324722721236622192046167915431486220726892689446349384975493745263930
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
5
S
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
5
SE
10
S
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:59AM
1.01
1:08PM
1.14
1:55AM
1.15
1:57PM
1.28
2:28AM
1.31
2:30PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:52AM
0.77
7:46PM
0.61
7:54AM
0.63
8:20PM
0.46
8:29AM
0.49
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise---5:56-------5:58-------5:58----
Sunset------7:22-------7:21-------7:20-
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
-15211111-----121344111-
Temp. °C212120192019191919191920212219191918181819181918
Feels °C (?)212318181918181718191921222317161615131516151716
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