The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 01 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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.3°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: 5.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)15ft (4.5m)12s
Afternoon (01 Mar)16ft (5.0m)13s
Evening (01 Mar)15ft (4.5m)14s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
5
4
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)121213131414141414141414131313131312121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)53286572733782658450856882827721712760295341450835973028260123131885157212991119956731583485
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
25
W
20
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
W
20
SSW
10
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
0
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:52PM
1.61
3:13AM
1.74
3:26PM
1.69
3:45AM
1.84
3:57PM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:52AM
0.23
9:04PM
0.12
9:27AM
0.11
9:35PM
0.03
9:58AM
0.05
10:04PM
-0.01
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise-6:13-------6:13-------6:15------
Sunset----7:02-------7:01-------7:00---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
13322521111-------------
Temp. °C181616151514141314151718181615151416202020181717
Feels °C (?)14121210109989111214161413141215181819191616
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