The Wreck surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 08 May 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
18.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Wreck today?

The current surf forecast for The Wreck at 6AM is: 4.5m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am May 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 May)13ft (4.0m)13s
Afternoon (08 May)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (08 May)11ft (3.5m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm (max 20°C on Sat night, min 12°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Fri night, fresh winds from the W by Sun afternoon).

Friday
8
Saturday
9
Sunday
10
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
1
1
0
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
SE
13
4.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
4
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
4
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.4
SE
12
2.3
SE
11
2.1
SE
11
1.8
SE
11
1.7
SE
11
2.3
WSW
7
2.5
WSW
8
4.5
WSW
10
4.5
WSW
11
5
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6705
6012
4443
5215
4549
4956
4752
4332
3937
3384
3001
2427
2124
1821
1495
1287
1027
807
676
498
886
4252
4477
6535
Wind (km/h)
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
N
15
NW
10
NW
35
NW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
20
NW
25
NW
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:57AM1.22m
7:53PM1.18m
8:05AM1.13m
9:25PM1.18m
9:49AM1.10m
10:53PM1.25m
Low Tide
00:53AM0.62m
1:24PM0.55m
2:03AM0.70m
2:38PM0.60m
3:46AM0.70m
4:08PM0.60m
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
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7:05
7:07
7:07
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5:38
5:37
5:37
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
13
14
15
16
16
14
13
13
13
13
17
18
17
16
20
19
18
17
17
18
14
13
13
12
11
11
12
12
13
12
11
11
12
11
15
15
15
14
16
16
15
10
10
11
6
8
7
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
SE
13
4.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
4
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
4
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.4
SE
12
2.3
SE
11
2.1
SE
11
1.8
SE
11
1.7
SE
11
1.4
SE
11
1.1
SE
11
0.9
SE
10
0.8
SE
10
4.5
WSW
12
Energy kJ
6705
6012
4443
5215
4549
4956
4752
4332
3937
3384
3001
2427
2124
1821
1495
1287
1027
807
676
462
292
180
124
4889
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
1.7
SSW
10
0.9
SW
18
1.5
SSW
10
1.1
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
0.3
SE
14
0.6
SE
10
Energy kJ
215
249
598
449
399
659
1014
976
879
844
833
667
658
658
573
549
518
392
392
295
363
29
64
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
19
0.6
SSW
18
0.9
SW
13
0.8
WSW
13
1
SW
17
0.8
WSW
13
0.5
S
9
0.5
E
10
0.3
E
11
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.7
E
5
0.7
E
5
0.4
E
6
0.3
E
6
0.2
E
6
0.2
E
8
0.3
SE
13
Energy kJ
95
228
241
209
553
212
41
52
20
17
16
20
23
11
7
3
6
28
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
ESE
3
0.9
ESE
4
0.5
NW
3
0.6
W
3
2.3
WSW
7
2.5
WSW
8
4.5
WSW
10
4.5
WSW
11
5
WSW
12
Energy kJ
10
34
5
7
498
886
4252
4477
6535
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
Distance (km)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
30
56
38
1
1
0
0
347
440
589
614
2
9
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route
Rating
(10 max)
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
1
5
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
7
7
6
7
6
7
7
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
5
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
6
6
6
7
6
7
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
9
9
5
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