The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 04 Dec 2025 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
19.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at The Wedge today?

The current surf forecast for The Wedge at 9AM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (04 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (04 Dec)4ft (1.2m)10s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.6
S
1.6
SSE
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)991010101010101010101010109999999998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)320327354479502314268266266271271273225220171164133221327382328252220205
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
5
ENE
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
5
NW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
ononglassoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:47AM
1.63
3:01PM
1.83
3:32AM
1.69
3:46PM
1.82
4:16AM
1.70
4:31PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:38PM
0.04
8:47AM
0.13
9:22PM
0.00
9:34AM
0.10
10:05PM
0.01
10:21AM
0.12
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise---5:07-------5:07-------5:07----
Sunset------7:24-------7:25-------7:25-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------11-----
Temp. °C161515192121212019181719212121191818181920212018
Feels °C (?)141313181918192119181719202121201819192019201918
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