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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 17 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
22.1° C
(Which is 1.2°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 9PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 17). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (17 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)1414131313127871111121111111111101013109127
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21123818017219939225539230470568664652234129321517611210484635872255
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
20
ENE
25
NNE
20
NW
30
NW
30
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
S
10
SSE
10
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
WNW
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:46PM
1.64
4:01AM
1.83
4:21PM
1.65
4:36AM
1.79
4:57PM
1.60
5:14AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:41AM
-0.05
9:45PM
-0.04
10:15AM
-0.07
10:21PM
-0.03
10:50AM
-0.03
10:58PM
0.03
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-------6:28-------6:30-------6:31
Sunset--5:43-------5:42-------5:39-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C303131272622181922232119181918192725242121181719
Feels °C (?)292928242118161515171917151616182523242119161315
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