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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
19.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Double Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Double Mouth at 2AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (19 Sep)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (19 Sep)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
4
4
4
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
1.9
SSW
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)131313131313121212121313131313121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2752221722872364212418501047102294294811101001875747633522432359359353289284279274
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
W
15
E
25
E
30
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
35
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
5
NNE
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
S
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:14PM
1.38
2:26AM
1.37
2:46PM
1.52
2:57AM
1.47
3:14PM
1.62
3:24AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:27PM
0.33
8:34AM
0.23
8:57PM
0.21
9:01AM
0.13
9:24PM
0.13
9:27AM
0.06
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise-----6:01-------5:58-------5:58--
Sunset6:00-------6:00-------6:00-------
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191816171616181918191919181821232221211917182020
Feels °C (?)141513141415151513141414131317191924171514161919
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  1. weather stationWind Update Still cross-shore at Double Mouth (moderate winds from the SW at ASCATC28E33S 46 km from Double Mouth). A 3.4m groundswell from the SSW is too big for here

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46 km away, 3 h 18 min ago

27 km/h
SW
0.0
19.1
Air / Water (°C)
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