The Wreck surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 08 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
19.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Wreck today?

The current surf forecast for The Wreck at 9PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 1.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131313121211111111111111161615151414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)122697183559451951050154454453443744540349676310481374133614231299108698410861086
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
5
E
10
ESE
5
ENE
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
N
0
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
NW
10
W
5
WNW
5
W
0
N
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
ononglassglasscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:47PM
1.18
6:57AM
1.17
7:49PM
1.06
8:17AM
1.05
10:49PM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:38PM
0.53
12:47AM
0.65
1:28PM
0.65
1:57AM
0.78
3:27PM
0.73
5:03AM
0.79
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:45-------6:45
Sunset--6:12-------6:10-------6:09-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C272824262828272729272625252625263028252222212222
Feels °C (?)242623262628272830272625262624252827262222212323
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