The Wreck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.09° S 23.39° E

Issued: 1 pm 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Wreck sea temperature is

18.0° C

The Wreck surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Wreck today (28 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 15s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 14s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Wreck at 9PM is: 2.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.0m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	10ft (3.0m)	15s
Afternoon (28 Jul)	8ft (2.4m)	14s
Evening (28 Jul)	7.5ft (2.3m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Tue 28					Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	2457	2423	2390	2356	2037	1788	1502	1367	1182	1200	1218	1127	1127	1127	1110	1011	932	841	841	841	757
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	E	ESE	E	E	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on
High Tide			3:30PM1.51m				3:35AM1.57m				4:00PM1.60m				4:04AM1.62m				4:28PM1.67m
Low Tide	9:20AM0.25m				9:33PM0.32m				9:48AM0.17m				10:03PM0.26m				10:16AM0.11m				10:32PM0.21m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:44	—	—
mm	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	16	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	16	18	17	15	14
Feels °C	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	13	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	13	13	11	11	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13
kJ	2457	2423	2390	2356	2037	1788	1502	1367	1182	1200	1218	1127	1127	1127	1110	1011	932	841	841	841	757
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	—	SSE 8	—	—	—	—	SE 7	—	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 7	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	7	—	107	—	—	—	—	91	—	—	—	—	—	—	181	—	—	—	—	—	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	E 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 6	E 7	E 6
kJ	338	233	166	305	281	271	245	203	273	376	481	444	327	232	247	264	304	404	422	480	318
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Distance (km)	56	56	56	56	56	56	30	30	41	56	56	56	30	1	1	1	30	372	56	56	38
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4		4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	7	6	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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