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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 16 May 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 slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Double Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Double Mouth at 1PM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 May)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (16 May)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (16 May)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Sun morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
16
Sunday
17
Monday
18
Tue
19
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
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SSW
13
2.1
SSW
13
1.9
SSW
13
1.8
SSW
13
1.7
S
13
1.6
S
12
1.5
S
12
1.4
S
12
1.3
S
12
1.2
S
12
1.1
S
12
1
S
11
0.7
S
14
0.9
S
11
0.9
S
11
0.7
S
13
1.1
S
12
1.1
S
13
1
S
13
0.9
S
13
0.9
S
12
0.8
S
12
0.8
S
12
0.6
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1792
1452
1269
1127
972
759
638
556
469
403
327
253
189
195
209
156
325
395
331
268
221
172
169
171
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
15
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
N
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
W
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
3:25PM1.56m
3:41AM1.75m
4:06PM1.58m
4:23AM1.71m
4:49PM1.56m
Low Tide
9:18AM0.01m
9:24PM0.05m
9:58AM-0.01m
10:07PM0.06m
10:38AM0.02m
10:52PM0.11m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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6:48
6:50
6:50
6:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:15
5:15
5:14
5:14
Temp °C
16
16
19
19
18
17
16
16
15
16
24
24
22
20
19
19
18
18
21
21
20
18
17
17
14
15
18
18
17
16
14
14
13
14
21
21
21
20
17
16
14
15
19
20
20
19
17
18
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.3
SSW
13
2.1
SSW
13
1.9
SSW
13
1.8
SSW
13
1.7
S
13
1.6
S
12
1.5
S
12
1.4
S
12
1.3
S
12
1.2
S
12
1.1
S
12
1
S
11
0.8
S
11
1.1
ENE
6
1.1
ENE
6
1
E
7
1.1
S
12
1.1
S
13
1
S
13
0.9
S
13
0.9
S
12
0.8
S
12
0.8
ENE
7
0.7
ENE
7
Energy kJ
1792
1452
1269
1127
972
759
638
556
469
403
327
253
149
98
104
92
325
395
331
268
221
172
62
47
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
16
0.2
ENE
11
0.2
ENE
11
0.3
SW
16
0.3
SW
15
0.3
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
0.5
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.5
S
14
0.7
S
14
0.9
S
11
0.9
S
11
0.8
S
11
1
E
7
0.9
ENE
7
0.9
E
7
0.8
ENE
7
0.8
E
7
0.8
E
7
0.8
S
12
0.7
S
11
Energy kJ
66
11
11
38
34
33
71
51
71
19
13
107
189
195
209
149
92
75
72
60
59
59
169
118
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SW
16
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
8
0.2
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SSE
15
0.4
SE
6
0.3
SE
6
0.7
S
14
0.6
S
14
0.7
S
13
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
0.3
SW
14
0.3
SW
14
0.3
SW
14
0.4
SW
17
0.4
SW
17
0.6
SSW
16
Energy kJ
121
7
7
8
8
9
18
50
71
13
6
184
140
156
26
26
29
31
33
75
75
171
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
6
0.4
NE
3
0.5
NE
3
0.7
NE
4
0.7
NE
4
0.7
NE
5
1
ENE
5
1.2
ENE
6
1.4
ENE
6
1.4
NE
6
0.3
WSW
2
0.4
SW
3
0.4
WSW
3
0.3
SW
3
0.4
SW
3
Energy kJ
4
2
4
13
20
24
53
87
145
167
1
2
4
1
2
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Distance (km)
0
0
0
357
357
0
0
0
0
0
14
147
67
0
0
0
0
0
5
5
5
0
0
0
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
4
5
5
6
5
5
5
5
6
9
9
7
4
4
5
6
7
4
5
4
4
4
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