The Wreck surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 05 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
18.6° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Wreck today?

The current surf forecast for The Wreck at 7AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (05 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (05 Apr)13ft (4.0m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
5
5
5
5
4
4
3
3
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1.5
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SSW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4
SSW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)11810111213141616161615151414141413131413141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)229284817179627843744547482638704828478697372733977177033621953884374398035593384283428891965
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
W
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
20
WSW
25
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
10
NNW
5
N
10
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:02AM
1.67
5:19PM
1.53
5:28AM
1.56
5:44PM
1.43
5:53AM
1.44
6:12PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:52PM
0.18
11:12AM
0.18
11:17PM
0.27
11:38AM
0.29
11:43PM
0.38
12:05PM
0.40
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise---6:41-------6:41-------6:41----
Sunset------6:15-------6:15-------6:14-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------111----1--------
Temp. °C191817181919181717171616201918171717151618191817
Feels °C (?)181716171818171615151413161415151516141516161516
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