The Wreck surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 10 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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.5°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 10PM is: 2.2m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.2m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)--
Afternoon (10 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (10 Mar)7ft (2.2m)7s

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


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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
0
0
2
3
4
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
2.3
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
2.4
E
2.2
E
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.2
SW
1.6
E
1.2
SW
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.1
SW
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)1177888888999999913912999129
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48350344446944975364342248284110561080742775627565505456428372372372318282
Wind
(km/h)
20
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
E
5
ENE
0
E
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
0
N
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
S
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
W
5
W
0
SW
10
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
onglassglassoffglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02PM
1.14
7:19AM
1.15
7:48PM
0.99
8:52AM
1.01
12:30AM
0.98
12:40PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:03AM
0.65
1:49PM
0.72
1:56AM
0.80
5:06PM
0.80
6:29AM
0.81
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise-----6:20-------6:22-------6:22--
Sunset6:52-------6:50-------6:49-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232020212023262626242424242730292725262522242725
Feels °C (?)222020212124262626242424232629292624242322252725
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