The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 16 Oct 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
18.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Wedge today?

The current surf forecast for The Wedge at 7PM is: 4.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)18ft (5.5m)13s
Afternoon (16 Oct)15ft (4.5m)13s
Evening (16 Oct)13ft (4.0m)13s

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

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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
2
1
2
3
2
1
0
3
3
3
2
1
2
1
1
2
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
2.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131212121212111111111112131316
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)901878006976639956365275452736623070235914981177106496179463715185125536371450199030415559
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
S
10
SE
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
5
N
15
W
20
WSW
30
W
30
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
NW
10
WNW
10
W
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:57PM
1.39
1:18AM
1.32
1:35PM
1.52
1:53AM
1.43
2:06PM
1.63
2:23AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:22PM
0.44
7:23AM
0.39
7:56PM
0.32
7:56AM
0.30
8:25PM
0.22
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-------5:43-------5:41-------5:39
Sunset--6:39-------6:40-------6:42-----
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C151514141311111318201818181716171717171515161617
Feels °C (?)1012111110781015161518151411121312131312141416
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at The Wedge (light winds from the E at Plettenberg Bay 6 km from The Wedge). A 4.5m groundswell from the SSW is too big for here

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Clean
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