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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 15 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
20.1° C
 (Which is 3.7°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 11AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.5m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)15s
Evening (15 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
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
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.1
SSW
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.9
E
1.2
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)56161514148121010108888888101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1031712323313623184161064663555245253264238232199190151148257145145190202
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:11PM
1.25
2:44AM
1.21
2:50PM
1.35
3:18AM
1.32
3:24PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:56AM
0.55
8:33PM
0.41
8:39AM
0.45
9:07PM
0.30
9:15AM
0.35
9:38PM
0.21
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-5:13-------5:13-------5:15------
Sunset----7:16-------7:16-------7:16---
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----111--111-1---------1
Temp. °C232426262221222121212121212122212121232423222221
Feels °C (?)202022242020222121212121212123212222222321232524
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