The Wreck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.09° S 23.39° E

Issued: 1 am 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Wreck sea temperature is

14.2°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 (16 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Wreck at 9AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	14s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	14s
Evening (16 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 27mm), heaviest during Wed morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri night, min 13°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the ESE by Fri morning).
	Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	5	3	4	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 11	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	ESE 8	E 8
Wave Graph
kJ	771	4310	3143	2606	2390	2256	1591	1280	1247	1730	1677	1486	1319	1200	1013	928	855	944	855	826	726	778	693	675
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	E	E	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	cross-off	off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			5:59AM1.42m				6:11PM1.44m				6:26AM1.28m				6:38PM1.28m				6:57AM1.14m				7:13PM1.13m
Low Tide	11:55PM0.30m				11:57AM0.37m				00:22AM0.44m				12:24PM0.51m				00:53AM0.58m				12:57PM0.67m


	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:19	—	—
mm	—	3	7	4	2	2	—	1	2	3	2	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
Temp °C	15	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	16	15
Feels °C	12	11	9	11	12	12	12	10	10	8	9	10	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	10	12	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SW 11	E 10	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
kJ	683	1377	141	2606	2390	2256	1591	1280	1247	1730	1677	1486	1319	1200	1013	928	855	944	855	826	726	713	663	675
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	SW 14	S 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 7	S 7	S 7	E 10	—	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	184	970	2	136	106	106	113	120	209	75	—	104	57	56	56	78	53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	E 11	—	S 11	—	—	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	3	181	—	2	—	—	104	76	75	75	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 11	SW 14	SW 14	—	—	—	—	—	S 7	SSE 7	SE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	E 8
kJ	771	4310	3143	—	—	—	—	—	320	222	284	347	316	240	267	303	286	336	408	512	571	778	693	670
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dumps Cape Town	Milnerton Cape Town	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1	4	4
Distance (km)	0	0	37	0	0	9	9	38	38	56	56	56	511	1014	56	56	56	56	56	452	453	1619	56	56
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River	The Wreck	Brak River	Brak River	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point			Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point				Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point
Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4			4	4	4	4	4				4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast		Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3		4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	4	8	5	7	6	5	5	5

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