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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 20 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
21.9° C
 (Which is 2.1°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 6AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (20 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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)
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.7
SW
1.3
SSW
0.6
E
1.3
S
0.8
E
1.3
S
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
SSW
1.4
E
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)1212101111147139131212141313131212121214121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)368306241676404150149219289289134187232663351341309373230222180177458351
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
SW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
10
SSE
0
SSE
5
NNE
10
NNE
15
NE
25
E
35
ENE
30
ENE
30
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
15
ESE
5
SE
30
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		glasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:49AM
1.57
4:53PM
1.58
5:19AM
1.61
5:23PM
1.57
5:49AM
1.63
5:55PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:36PM
0.07
10:50AM
0.17
11:04PM
0.03
11:22AM
0.16
11:33PM
0.03
11:54AM
0.17
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise---5:18-------5:18-------5:20----
Sunset------7:15-------7:15-------7:15-
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191817212222212020201720232423222018182327242523
Feels °C (?)191715181819181921201618191919181917182427262221
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