The Wreck surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 07 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
19.5° C
(Which is 1.8°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 2PM is: 4.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)15ft (4.5m)11s
Afternoon (07 Mar)13ft (4.0m)12s
Evening (07 Mar)8ft (2.5m)12s

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


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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3
SSW
2.5
S
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.5
ESE
2.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)1011111212121212121212121212121212121212121288
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39164743410741962160205920782044177526891968242918691392124310821144864864802789698743574
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
5
W
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
15
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:46PM
1.53
5:59AM
1.59
6:11PM
1.42
6:23AM
1.45
6:35PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:45AM
0.19
11:46PM
0.23
12:09PM
0.31
12:10AM
0.36
12:34PM
0.43
12:35AM
0.50
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise-6:18-------6:18-------6:20------
Sunset----6:54-------6:53-------6:52---
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
3-----------------------
Temp. °C171718181817161515171920201817171719222222202019
Feels °C (?)111012131416141313151615151415161619212020192019
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