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Wedge surfForecast / Durban/KZN South / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 SAST
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Wedge surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wedge sea temperature is
23.9° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wedge today?

The current surf forecast for Wedge at 11AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (07 Jan)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (07 Jan)7ft (2.1m)13s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
1.6
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
2.4
NE
1.6
ENE
1
S
1.3
S
2.2
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)9141461012141515151413121288111167771414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10312010420678715101680203918791390791468356339646266235396384628524419273308
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
SSW
30
S
35
S
25
S
15
S
10
S
5
ESE
10
N
20
NNE
35
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
25
NE
5
NW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:17AM
1.92
6:23PM
1.81
6:53AM
1.83
6:58PM
1.69
7:30AM
1.73
7:34PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23PM
0.44
12:35AM
0.35
1:00PM
0.54
1:09AM
0.47
1:39PM
0.66
1:44AM
0.59
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise-5:01-------5:03-------5:03------
Sunset----7:00-------7:00-------7:00---
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------111----3------1111
Temp. °C232525242423222121222525252423232325252322222122
Feels °C (?)232423202223232322212222242526252324222019202022
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