The Wreck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.09° S 23.39° E

Issued: 1 am 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Wreck sea temperature is

16.9°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 (20 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Wreck at 8AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	11s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	11s
Evening (20 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21								Thursday 22
	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)	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	2	3	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	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	SW 11	SW 11
Wave Graph
kJ	930	882	743	617	617	568	651	778	1064	1427	2264	4991	4331	3769	3249	2602	2389	2191	2316	2301	1814	1717	1625	1567
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	ESE	SE	SE	E	WSW	W	W	NNW	WNW	SW	SW	WSW	W	W	W	W	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	W	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	off	glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide	11:08PM1.04m				12:04PM1.18m				00:20AM1.16m				12:46PM1.34m				1:02AM1.30m				1:19PM1.50m
Low Tide			5:24AM0.67m				6:21PM0.66m				6:23AM0.55m				7:01PM0.50m				7:01AM0.42m				7:34PM0.33m


	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:45	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	1	—	—	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	12	14	17	17	16	15	15	14	15	19	19	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	17	17	15	15	15
Feels °C	11	10	13	15	13	14	13	15	13	13	17	16	15	14	14	12	12	12	12	13	13	11	12	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 12	SW 12	SW 13	ESE 9	ESE 9	SW 12	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	SW 11
kJ	930	882	743	617	617	568	651	778	1064	1427	2264	3592	64	46	2846	32	17	17	17	18	20	20	20	1567
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	—	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 10
kJ	18	17	14	22	21	20	47	47	35	57	72	94	64	—	32	2	6	17	1	1	2	2	2	20
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 10	ESE 7	—	—	—	ESE 8	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 4	E 9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	2	9	—	—	—	19	11	11	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	WNW 3	—	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	4991	4331	3769	3249	2602	2389	2191	2316	2301	1814	1717	1625	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Robberg Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Distance (km)	1	1	0	56	56	38	0	0	0	1	0	38	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	445	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Kaaimans River Mouth	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Fish Boma	Buffalo Bay	The Wreck	The Wreck	Buffalo Bay	Santos Reef	Inner Pool	Brak River	Brak River	Santos Reef		Buffalo Bay	Santos Reef	Kaaimans River Mouth
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4		4	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Whacky Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whacky Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Strandfontein West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Hout Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hout Bay Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Santos Reef Garden Route	Hout Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	9	7	4	5	5	4	3	4	4	4
Header Global	Alnes Lighthouse Norway	Alnes Lighthouse Norway	Alnes Lighthouse Norway	Catlins River Mouth New Zealand	Cyclops Australia	Cyclops Australia	Cyclops Australia	Cyclops Australia	Cyclops Australia	Virac Harbour Philippines	Malaking Gasang (Baler) Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Haga-Haga South Africa	Trial Harbour Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Baler - Lindy's Point Philippines	Barbel Point South Africa	Trial Harbour Australia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia
Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	7	9	9	8	9	8	6	6	5	6	5	5	6	6

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