The Wreck surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 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
19.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Wreck today?

The current surf forecast for The Wreck at 12PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (21 Apr)13ft (4.0m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)15ft (4.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
4
5
2
4
3
4
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
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
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121213131415151616151514141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)388336193405457456116383568356686694711085608991918089807912688758074346372129492244161914081103
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
W
20
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
15
SW
10
S
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
15
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:22PM
1.47
6:42AM
1.44
7:20PM
1.33
7:46AM
1.25
8:49PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:10PM
0.23
12:28AM
0.37
1:01PM
0.40
1:32AM
0.54
2:13PM
0.54
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:52-------6:54-------6:54------
Sunset----5:55-------5:54-------5:53---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----221111-------------
Temp. °C141420211716161415151617171615141413172019171617
Feels °C (?)111016151112111011111213151413111110141513131315
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