The Wreck Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.09° S 23.39° E

The Wreck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Wreck sea temperature is
14.4°C
3.3° 

The Wreck surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at The Wreck today (20 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Wreck at 8AM is: 2.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Afternoon (20 Sep)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (20 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
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)
3
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SW
14
2.3
SW
14
2.3
SW
14
2.3
SW
13
2.3
SW
13
2.1
SW
13
2
SW
13
1.8
SW
13
1.8
SW
13
1.6
SW
12
1.6
SW
12
1.5
SW
12
1.4
SW
12
1.3
SW
12
1.3
SW
12
1.1
SW
12
1.1
SW
12
1.1
SW
11
1.8
E
7
1.6
E
7
0.9
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
12
1.1
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1521
2056
2020
1919
1749
1417
1286
1109
1018
824
724
646
570
455
455
355
338
273
295
264
246
418
338
303
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
0
NE
0
ENE
5
E
15
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
E
5
ENE
10
E
15
NE
15
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
12:12PM1.01m
00:26AM1.08m
1:08PM1.17m
1:13AM1.22m
1:39PM1.34m
Low Tide
5:02AM0.78m
6:22PM0.79m
6:50AM0.65m
7:16PM0.64m
7:26AM0.50m
7:46PM0.49m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:18
6:18
6:16
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:20
6:21
6:22
 mm
1
Temp °C
15
15
17
19
19
18
17
16
16
16
17
18
18
18
17
17
18
19
21
25
27
24
23
24
Feels °C
14
14
17
18
18
17
17
16
16
16
17
17
15
15
15
16
17
19
21
25
28
24
23
23
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

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 locationNearest