The Wreck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.09° S 23.39° E

Issued: 7 am 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Wreck sea temperature is

14.1°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 (23 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Wreck at 3PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 23). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s
Afternoon (23 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s
Evening (23 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Warm (max 22°C on Wed morning, min 17°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 23							Thursday 24								Friday 25
	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)	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	S 7	S 17	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	338	277	240	224	224	191	162	134	93	144	362	786	1076	1337	1283	1134	1100	1012	893	782	694	683	683
Wind (km/h)	NW	W	SW	WSW	WSW	S	ENE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	NW	W	W	WSW	WSW	W	W	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	off	off	off	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	glassy	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	off	on
High Tide					2:05PM1.50m				2:14AM1.50m				2:31PM1.65m				2:43AM1.61m				2:58PM1.78m
Low Tide		7:53AM0.36m					8:14PM0.33m				8:19AM0.23m				8:41PM0.19m				8:46AM0.12m				9:09PM0.08m


	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:23	—	—
mm	1	1	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	21	22	20	19	18	18	17	17	18	21	20	19	18	20	19	19	19	21	21	21	20	20
Feels °C	22	21	22	20	21	20	20	18	17	18	20	19	18	18	22	21	20	20	21	21	22	21	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 7	S 7	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	309	277	240	205	173	118	115	90	93	131	362	786	1076	1337	1283	1134	1100	1012	893	782	694	683	683
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	E 8	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	—	ESE 10	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7
kJ	338	273	228	224	224	191	162	134	86	89	82	80	47	—	20	243	180	127	117	91	75	75	54
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 6	SW 11	S 17	S 12	WSW 10	—	—	—	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	—	WSW 4	SSW 16	SSW 17
kJ	81	77	73	66	61	55	51	21	90	142	3	67	—	—	—	31	29	31	26	—	8	52	55
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	W 2	WSW 3	WSW 3	WSW 3	—	—	—	—	E 8	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	—	—	WSW 3	WSW 4	W 4	—	—
kJ	—	1	2	4	5	—	—	—	—	144	301	363	530	505	345	316	—	—	5	13	7	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	38	38	56	393	56	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point	Buffalo Bay	Santos Reef	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point		Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Goukamma River Mouth	Groenvlei	Brak River	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3		4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbomvu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kei Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Hoek Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Vredenberg Point West Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	9	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	8	9	8	4	7	6

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