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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 21 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
22.1° C
 (Which is 1.9°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 8AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (21 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
2
0
0
2
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
SSW
1.2
E
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)91312121413131312121212141213131316161616151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)289289134187232490295341260230313250180180465932317848208425672940316233143269
Wind
(km/h)
0
SW
0
N
10
N
15
NE
25
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
20
ENE
20
ESE
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
S
20
S
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:19AM
1.61
5:23PM
1.57
5:49AM
1.63
5:55PM
1.53
6:21AM
1.61
6:28PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:04PM
0.03
11:22AM
0.16
11:33PM
0.03
11:54AM
0.17
12:03AM
0.06
12:29PM
0.21
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise---5:18-------5:20-------5:20----
Sunset------7:15-------7:15-------7:15-
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C191918202424232221191824292826232120192224242321
Feels °C (?)202018192019181819171825292823201817161919212122
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