The Wreck surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 28 Feb 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
20.3° C
(Which is 1.3°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 5PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.3m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (28 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (28 Feb)10ft (3.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
3
4
5
3
4
4
4
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111121213131414141414141414131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8847501749175628274669491048206615805280827943828277217127583651654155359729112601231318851547
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
25
W
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
SW
10
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crossonononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:13PM
1.48
2:39AM
1.59
2:52PM
1.61
3:13AM
1.74
3:26PM
1.69
3:45AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:11AM
0.39
8:30PM
0.25
8:52AM
0.23
9:04PM
0.12
9:27AM
0.11
9:35PM
0.03
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-------6:13-------6:13-------6:15
Sunset--7:04-------7:02-------7:01-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121191919171616151414141313141718181615151417
Feels °C (?)1918191818181412121110101099101314161413141316
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