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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 24 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
23.2° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Double Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Double Mouth at 7AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (24 Jan)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (24 Jan)6ft (1.9m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
4
2
0
0
2
4
1
3
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414141413131313131313121212121212121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)344831802926261023211929155712741137852757838787677589508436405399347341285231265
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
15
ESE
20
E
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
ENE
10
ESE
20
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
30
ENE
40
ENE
5
S
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:56AM
1.56
7:05PM
1.35
7:36AM
1.46
7:49PM
1.23
8:27AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:35AM
0.13
1:08PM
0.28
1:11AM
0.23
1:53PM
0.38
1:55AM
0.35
2:53PM
0.49
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise---5:22-------5:22-------5:24----
Sunset------7:14-------7:14-------7:13-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------1-1-------
Temp. °C201919222425252322222224252625242424232529302824
Feels °C (?)202020232424242324232427272725242525242628273229
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