The Wreck surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 02 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
18.8° C
(Which is 1.5°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 12AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (03 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (03 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.4
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)12121212121313131212121211121211111111108101212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)66664576156179911371137102184168367255536339638334433833825818427983318712457
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:00PM
1.69
4:11AM
1.82
4:27PM
1.66
4:37AM
1.76
4:53PM
1.61
5:02AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:00PM
0.08
10:23AM
0.06
10:26PM
0.12
10:48AM
0.11
10:52PM
0.18
11:12AM
0.18
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise-----6:39-------6:39-------6:41--
Sunset6:20-------6:19-------6:17-------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------1154------------
Temp. °C232123222323222120201919191920212019191818182019
Feels °C (?)252223222424232322222020202021212019181717181918
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