The Wreck surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 08 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
19.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Wreck today?

The current surf forecast for The Wreck at 9AM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 1.2m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
1
2
1
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131212111111111111111616151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2359199915921376122697183559351951050154454448343744544549669310481484133613181203
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
ESE
5
E
15
ESE
5
NNE
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
SW
0
NNE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNW
5
SW
5
S
0
SW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:21AM
1.30
6:47PM
1.18
6:57AM
1.17
7:49PM
1.06
8:17AM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:11AM
0.51
12:38PM
0.53
12:47AM
0.65
1:28PM
0.65
1:57AM
0.78
3:27PM
0.73
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise---6:43-------6:43-------6:45----
Sunset------6:12-------6:10-------6:09-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161718202628252629262825272425242425252632282721
Feels °C (?)151616182327232727262725262525232425242531272821
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