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Double Mouth surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 SAST
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Double Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Double Mouth sea temperature is
23.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Double Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Double Mouth at 7AM is: 1.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 20). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)4ft (1.2m)14s
Afternoon (20 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Evening (20 Mar)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent 
16 DaysHourly
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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
4
3
0
0
1
2
3
4
3
4
3
2
2
3
3
1
3
3
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.1
SW
2.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)14141414141313137131212121212121210101212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7656827025776121444136326525913911553937843774612602593223333314299222180174
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
10
N
5
NNW
10
NNE
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
15
N
15
NNE
25
ENE
35
ENE
25
NE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27AM
1.85
4:42PM
1.68
4:58AM
1.83
5:13PM
1.63
5:31AM
1.75
5:46PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:13PM
-0.08
10:38AM
-0.07
10:43PM
-0.08
11:10AM
-0.04
11:15PM
-0.02
11:43AM
0.04
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise---6:09-------6:09-------6:09----
Sunset------6:17-------6:16-------6:15-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
-----------11211--11---1
Temp. °C222122262625232120202020202021202019192125272522
Feels °C (?)212324262220192019191819192122212019192123242421
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