The Wreck surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 30 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
17.8° C
(Which is 2.6°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 3PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
2
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
2
4
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.5
SSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
2.3
ESE
2.5
ESE
3
E
2.2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)101012121299989997888999914141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4524212733092782592511601099799784838871141676547393339251301331357392
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
N
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
N
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
5
ENE
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
10
SW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassonglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
1.62
2:32PM
1.55
2:48AM
1.74
3:03PM
1.63
3:17AM
1.81
3:33PM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
0.22
8:38PM
0.18
9:04AM
0.13
9:07PM
0.11
9:32AM
0.07
9:34PM
0.08
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise-6:35-------6:37-------6:37------
Sunset----6:23-------6:22-------6:22---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161820201917171718192323232122212120232423202020
Feels °C (?)161819191918181819202323242324212119222424222121
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