The Wedge surf break

The Wedge surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 21 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
21.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at The Wedge today?

The current surf forecast for The Wedge at 6PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Afternoon (21 Mar)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (21 Mar)6ft (1.9m)12s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)101012121212121212111111111111111212141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1124100012699889188507567436486155535445035636817669931412231723922325194516721538
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
E
5
ENE
5
N
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
SE
10
ESE
15
E
30
ESE
35
E
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
ononglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassglassonononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:10PM
1.73
5:26AM
1.85
5:45PM
1.62
6:03AM
1.70
6:24PM
1.48
6:44AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:06AM
-0.03
11:11PM
0.03
11:41AM
0.07
11:47PM
0.15
12:18PM
0.21
12:26AM
0.31
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-------6:30-------6:31-------6:31
Sunset--6:37-------6:35-------6:34-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C202020181717171821212020191919202021212019191820
Feels °C (?)201819171717171821212121192021212020171515161519
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