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The Wreck surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 18 Dec 2025 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
20.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Wreck today?

The current surf forecast for The Wreck at 3AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (19 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (19 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
3
3
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
2
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111010131313131314141414131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)524545478423423415337328328700130516501960191533033595329425692084164813631197918756
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
E
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
ESE
15
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
E
15
E
20
E
30
ESE
40
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glasscrosscrossglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		crossglassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:48PM
1.52
3:16AM
1.46
3:22PM
1.56
3:48AM
1.51
3:54PM
1.59
4:21AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:06PM
0.26
9:14AM
0.35
9:38PM
0.22
9:47AM
0.32
10:09PM
0.19
10:20AM
0.30
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-----5:09-------5:09-------5:11--
Sunset7:35-------7:36-------7:36-------
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)
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Temp. °C191716161518202020181716151820212019191817202323
Feels °C (?)171715151518191919181716151819191817181816181918
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