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The Wreck surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 21 Nov 2025 SAST
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The Wreck surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Wreck sea temperature is
19.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Wreck today?

The current surf forecast for The Wreck at 8PM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (21 Nov)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (21 Nov)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
4
4
2
4
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
1.8
SW
1.9
S
1.9
S
2.1
S
2
SSW
1.7
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131212111111111111101010111116161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)348330782655232321431990182110369639141087916694900819720679445585437432427496546
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
5
E
5
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
ESE
15
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglassglasscross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:00PM
1.62
4:24AM
1.53
4:30PM
1.57
4:55AM
1.49
5:00PM
1.51
5:28AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:51AM
0.27
10:13PM
0.19
10:22AM
0.30
10:43PM
0.22
10:53AM
0.35
11:15PM
0.28
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise-------5:09-------5:09-------5:09
Sunset--7:13-------7:14-------7:15-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212120181717171921212019181818192020211918181718
Feels °C (?)192120191817181819191817181919192019201919191718
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