Wedge Surf Report & Forecast

To the south of New Pier is Wedge Beach. Named after a reef that was once a horseshoe enclosure constructed to protect bathers from sharks in the 1950s. The West Street Groin was erected alongside it that kept the sand off the reef and the rip running. When the groin was removed, the reef got covered up in sand. Now it is an average beachbreak type of wave that forms an intrinsic part of the Durban beachfront.

When the swell has a bit of east in it, or is just a broken up swell, the Wed... Read more