The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm 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 11PM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)--
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)


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
2.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SSW
Period(s) (?)101012121212121212121212111111111111111010111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)680694118812811486143912981220111294486577862260053452451541449612013131374536433929
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
SW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
N
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
ENE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SW
10
W
15
NW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27PM
1.74
4:43AM
1.87
4:55PM
1.70
5:10AM
1.81
5:21PM
1.63
5:35AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:31PM
-0.00
10:54AM
0.05
10:57PM
0.05
11:20AM
0.10
11:22PM
0.13
11:45AM
0.19
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-----6:16-------6:16-------6:18--
Sunset6:59-------6:58-------6:57-------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------11---------22---
Temp. °C211919181820202120191918181921222120191817171819
Feels °C (?)211920181720202121202019192122222120181310111215
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