The Wreck surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 21 Mar 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
21.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at The Wreck today?

The current surf forecast for The Wreck at 6AM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Afternoon (21 Mar)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (21 Mar)6ft (1.9m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
2
1
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111101010121212121212121111111111111112121414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22042091170498011241020126998886476975667164856355354450366991011261313134526712358
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
WNW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
SW
5
S
10
SE
10
E
20
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:52AM
1.95
5:10PM
1.73
5:26AM
1.85
5:45PM
1.62
6:03AM
1.70
6:24PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:38PM
-0.04
11:06AM
-0.03
11:11PM
0.03
11:41AM
0.07
11:47PM
0.15
12:18PM
0.21
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---6:28-------6:30-------6:31----
Sunset------6:37-------6:35-------6:34-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------1------
Temp. °C181717182021201818171719222221202020202020222019
Feels °C (?)181717192019181719181719222221202122212120191615
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