Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at The Wreck today (26 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 15s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 14s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for The Wreck at 2PM is: 1.9m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 26). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (26 Sep) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 15s |
| Evening (26 Sep) | 7ft (2.2m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at The Wreck. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Sat morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat morning, min 12°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 26 | Sunday 27 | Monday 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SSW 9 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 12 | S 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 864 | 568 | 835 | 1597 | 1776 | 1972 | 1762 | 1712 | 1595 | 1363 | 1135 | 2528 | 2974 | 1260 | 1177 | 1028 | 672 | 394 | 437 | 441 | 380 | 486 | 412 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | glassy | glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on |
High Tide | 3:26PM1.87m | 3:42AM1.74m | 3:55PM1.92m | 4:12AM1.75m | 4:26PM1.90m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:14AM0.04m | 9:38PM-0.00m | 9:43AM-0.00m | 10:08PM-0.03m | 10:13AM0.00m | 10:40PM-0.01m | |||||||||||||||||
 |  | | | | |  |  | |  | | |  |  | |  | |  |  | | | | | |
 | 6:11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:25 | — | — |
mm | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 |
Feels °C | 16 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | E 8 | SW 14 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SSW 9 | S 8 | S 8 | SW 10 | S 8 | S 9 | S 9 |
| kJ | 864 | 568 | 835 | 1597 | 1776 | 1972 | 1762 | 1712 | 1595 | 1363 | 1135 | 5 | 2679 | 1260 | 1177 | 1028 | 672 | 297 | 305 | 441 | 317 | 395 | 412 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 9 | E 9 | SW 13 | SW 9 | SW 9 | S 9 | SW 10 | SW 12 | SW 12 |
| kJ | 49 | 468 | 430 | 30 | 30 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 501 | 266 | 235 | 328 | 380 | 486 | 386 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | S 11 | SSE 11 | S 10 | S 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 9 | — | — | E 9 | SW 13 | SW 13 | E 8 | E 8 | — | SW 16 |
| kJ | 11 | 45 | 31 | 56 | 37 | 18 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 394 | 437 | 1 | 1 | — | 10 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 3 | WSW 4 | SW 5 | SW 6 | SSW 7 | SW 14 | SW 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 17 | 84 | 161 | 323 | 2528 | 2974 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 20 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 134 | 452 | 38 | 30 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Wreck surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest