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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 08 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
21.4° C
(Which is 1.4°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 10PM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 May)16ft (5.0m)12s
Afternoon (08 May)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (08 May)13ft (4.0m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Sun afternoon, min 12°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Sat morning, strong winds from the WNW by Sun night).

Fri
8
Saturday
9
Sunday
10
Mon
11
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)
5
5
6
5
4
5
5
4
4
2
1
4
3
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
S
12
4.5
S
13
4.5
S
13
4
S
13
4
S
13
3.5
SSE
13
3
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.3
SSE
12
2.1
SSE
11
1.9
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
11
1.5
SSE
11
1.3
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
1.3
WSW
8
1.6
SW
8
1.9
SW
10
1.9
SW
12
2.1
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5885
6115
6917
5505
4627
3919
2954
2431
2047
1706
1406
1111
870
655
496
365
279
194
157
207
363
695
1100
1348
Wind (km/h)
35
W
35
WSW
30
SW
25
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
W
15
SE
15
ENE
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NW
30
W
35
WNW
40
WNW
40
WNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
40
WNW
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
7:46PM1.10m
7:56AM1.07m
9:20PM1.08m
9:43AM1.03m
11:00PM1.14m
Low Tide
1:21PM0.50m
1:52AM0.64m
2:33PM0.56m
3:37AM0.68m
4:09PM0.57m
5:21AM0.60m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:45
6:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:21
5:21
5:20
5:19
Temp °C
20
21
19
16
13
13
12
13
22
21
20
17
17
17
18
19
27
28
21
20
17
16
16
17
12
14
13
11
10
10
9
10
20
17
17
14
13
13
14
16
24
20
13
11
8
6
6
7
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
S
12
4.5
S
13
4
S
13
4
S
13
4
S
13
3.5
SSE
13
3
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.3
SSE
12
2.1
SSE
11
1.9
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
11
1.5
SSE
11
1.3
ENE
7
1.3
ENE
8
1.2
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
1.9
SW
12
2.1
SW
13
Energy kJ
5885
6115
5778
5505
4627
3919
2954
2431
2047
1706
1406
1111
870
655
496
181
176
151
97
81
83
72
1100
1348
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
ESE
10
0.7
E
10
0.6
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.5
SW
15
0.5
SW
15
1.3
SSE
10
1.2
SSE
10
1
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
0.5
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.8
ENE
9
0.7
ENE
10
Energy kJ
149
100
74
50
48
29
27
26
25
25
64
64
62
106
104
365
279
194
157
111
52
36
90
81
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SW
15
0.3
SW
18
0.4
SW
18
0.1
SW
18
0.1
SW
17
0.3
SW
16
0.3
SW
16
0.3
SW
16
0.3
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.4
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
8
0.3
E
8
0.1
SE
16
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
14
0.4
SW
13
0.3
SW
13
0.4
SE
13
0.4
SE
13
0.5
SE
12
0.4
SSE
12
Energy kJ
33
53
79
12
11
41
41
40
36
58
25
13
13
12
10
74
52
46
45
27
42
42
74
59
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SW
14
0.4
SW
13
4.5
S
13
0.4
SW
12
0.5
SW
13
0.7
NE
3
0.8
NE
5
1
NE
6
1.3
ENE
7
1.8
NE
7
0.3
WNW
2
0.9
WSW
5
1.3
WSW
8
1.6
SW
8
1.9
SW
10
1.2
W
5
0.9
WNW
4
Energy kJ
100
63
6917
55
78
11
25
64
142
330
1
39
207
363
695
61
36
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
7
4
4
7
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
Distance (km)
357
484
285
24
5
0
0
0
0
147
408
0
0
14
0
0
0
109
174
174
144
307
357
130
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating
(10 max)
7
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
2
2
2
2
4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
7
6
5
7
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
3
4
5
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
7
6
6
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
9
7
9
5
4
5
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