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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 18 Jan 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
21.0° C
 (Which is 2.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Double Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Double Mouth at 12PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)7ft (2.1m)7s
Afternoon (18 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (18 Jan)8ft (2.4m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
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)
0
1
0
0
0
2
4
3
3
3
0
0
2
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
2
SW
2.3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.7
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)1078891010111112121212121212101011111013139
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)264395700128013721168870743731725614539437374374306227206218328100276284289
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
45
SSW
40
SSW
20
SW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
NW
10
W
15
W
15
WSW
20
S
30
S
20
S
15
S
5
S
0
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		onononglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:54PM
1.51
4:19AM
1.50
4:24PM
1.56
4:49AM
1.57
4:53PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:48AM
0.27
10:07PM
0.13
10:19AM
0.21
10:36PM
0.07
10:50AM
0.17
11:04PM
0.03
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise-5:16-------5:16-------5:18------
Sunset----7:16-------7:15-------7:15---
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1----------------
Temp. °C192123242220181716192122222120181721242221201919
Feels °C (?)141516161517161514171920212120171619211819181920
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