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The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 10 Jan 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
21.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Wedge today?

The current surf forecast for The Wedge at 12PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.7m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 10). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (10 Jan)7ft (2.1m)6s
Evening (10 Jan)6ft (1.8m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
0
1
2
3
3
4
4
3
4
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)101010151414131312121212111121201816161514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)441386288267602117211271030849822683648553553625102112881463183416932032181114741326
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
15
E
30
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
20
E
15
E
5
E
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		onononononglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onglassglassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:14AM
1.36
8:28PM
1.12
9:09AM
1.25
9:44PM
1.03
10:31AM
1.18
11:41PM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:36PM
0.60
2:26AM
0.59
3:42PM
0.67
3:33AM
0.69
5:21PM
0.69
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise-5:24-------5:26-------5:26------
Sunset----7:40-------7:40-------7:40---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C172022222221202019222424242121212022242525232321
Feels °C (?)161918171717192020242525252324242223242626252623
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