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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 23 Apr 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
22.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Double Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Double Mouth at 5PM is: 2.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Apr)10ft (3.0m)16s
Afternoon (23 Apr)8ft (2.4m)15s
Evening (23 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)14s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 31°C on Sun morning, min 17°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Fri afternoon, light winds from the NNW by Sat night).

Thu
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sun
26
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
1
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SSW
16
2.5
SSW
16
2.3
SSW
15
2.1
SSW
14
1.9
SSW
14
1.7
SSW
14
1.6
SSW
13
1.4
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
13
1.1
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
12
0.6
SSW
12
0.6
SSW
12
0.6
SSW
12
0.5
SSW
12
0.5
SSW
12
0.5
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.2
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3412
3015
2290
1826
1496
1138
854
643
522
355
258
203
142
104
107
109
79
79
79
55
55
34
34
13
Wind (km/h)
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
8:32PM1.12m
9:13AM1.04m
10:45PM1.11m
11:28AM1.04m
00:19AM1.22m
Low Tide
1:55PM0.50m
2:51AM0.63m
3:43PM0.59m
5:21AM0.64m
5:42PM0.55m
6:49AM0.52m
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
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6:33
6:33
6:35
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5:36
5:35
5:34
5:32
Temp °C
20
20
21
20
18
18
17
18
21
24
23
21
20
19
19
21
28
28
24
23
24
26
27
28
16
15
16
15
14
13
12
13
15
19
19
19
18
17
17
19
26
26
22
21
23
24
24
26
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SSW
16
2.5
SSW
16
2.3
SSW
15
2.1
SSW
14
1.9
SSW
14
1.7
SSW
14
1.6
SSW
13
1.4
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
13
1.1
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
1.8
ENE
8
1.9
ENE
8
1.9
ENE
8
1.8
ENE
8
0.6
SSW
12
0.5
SSW
12
0.5
SSW
12
0.5
SSW
12
2.1
ENE
8
1.9
ENE
8
1.6
ENE
8
1.6
ENE
8
1.6
E
8
Energy kJ
3412
3015
2290
1826
1496
1138
854
643
522
355
258
368
416
449
424
109
79
79
79
603
483
367
367
367
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
E
9
0.4
ENE
9
0.9
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
12
0.6
SSW
12
0.6
SSW
12
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
17
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SSW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.4
SW
12
0.2
SSW
12
Energy kJ
14
25
203
142
104
107
5
6
55
55
34
34
13
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.1
SW
11
Energy kJ
6
5
5
5
5
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
ENE
4
1.2
ENE
4
1.3
ENE
5
1.4
NE
6
1.5
ENE
6
1.7
ENE
6
2
ENE
7
2.2
ENE
7
2.2
ENE
7
2.3
ENE
8
2.4
ENE
8
2.3
ENE
8
2.2
ENE
8
1.8
ENE
8
1.9
ENE
8
2
ENE
8
2.3
ENE
8
2.5
ENE
8
2.3
ENE
8
2.1
ENE
8
Energy kJ
27
54
92
128
164
231
342
467
516
575
698
696
659
424
483
534
737
909
731
597
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
2
2
Distance (km)
274
853
408
408
302
374
374
295
295
295
318
14
14
14
0
0
0
147
295
101
0
7
7
14
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
4
4
4
2
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
6
7
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