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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 05 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
22.2° 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: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am May 05). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 8s 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 (05 May)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (05 May)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (05 May)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 41mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 23°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed morning, near gales from the W by Thu morning).

Tuesday
5
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
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
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
0
1
1
2
0
0
2
3
2
5
5
5
5
3
2
1
0
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
11
1.3
SSE
6
1.2
SSE
7
1.3
SSE
7
0.9
SSW
12
1.4
SE
9
2.3
S
11
4
SSE
11
4
SE
12
4
SE
12
4
SE
12
3.5
SE
12
3.5
SE
11
3.5
SE
11
3
SE
11
2.4
S
12
3.5
SSW
12
4
SSW
12
4
SSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
198
210
195
147
156
130
133
135
183
211
320
1300
3630
3813
4286
4131
3588
2767
2622
2544
1740
3257
4064
3988
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
20
NE
25
NE
20
NW
5
WSW
25
W
25
WNW
20
NW
15
WNW
25
NW
25
WSW
35
W
45
W
55
W
40
WSW
45
WSW
40
W
35
W
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:11AM1.44m
5:33PM1.35m
5:40AM1.36m
6:06PM1.26m
6:12AM1.26m
6:47PM1.18m
Low Tide
11:02PM0.27m
11:23AM0.24m
11:32PM0.35m
11:55AM0.32m
00:06AM0.45m
12:32PM0.41m
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
mod rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
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6:41
6:41
6:43
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5:23
5:22
5:22
1
5
6
3
7
1
1
8
2
1
1
5
1
Temp °C
20
19
18
18
18
18
18
19
19
17
17
21
23
21
17
17
15
15
17
17
19
17
15
16
21
19
18
17
19
17
18
17
17
14
16
15
17
16
13
12
10
8
9
6
12
10
7
9
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
12
0.9
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
11
1.3
SSE
6
1.2
SSE
7
1.3
SSE
7
1.4
SE
7
1.4
SE
9
2.3
S
11
4
SSE
11
4
SE
12
4
SE
12
4
SE
12
3.5
SE
12
3.5
SE
11
3.5
SE
11
3
SE
11
2.4
S
12
1.8
SE
11
1.6
ESE
11
1.3
ESE
11
Energy kJ
198
210
195
147
156
130
133
135
183
211
281
1300
3630
3813
4286
4131
3588
2767
2622
2544
1740
771
617
393
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
ENE
8
0.6
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.5
SSW
11
0.5
SSW
11
1.2
ENE
7
1.3
E
8
2.2
ESE
10
0.6
ENE
7
0.1
SW
16
0.2
SSW
16
0.1
SW
16
0.1
SW
15
0.3
SW
15
0.1
SW
12
0.4
ENE
8
2.2
SE
11
1.8
SE
11
0.1
SE
22
0.2
SSE
20
Energy kJ
32
24
47
47
52
56
55
69
70
164
187
951
36
10
25
10
9
33
6
27
1090
771
18
40
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ENE
8
0.5
ENE
8
0.3
SW
10
0.3
SW
10
0.3
SSE
11
0.7
S
6
0.6
SSW
11
0.1
E
13
0.9
SSW
12
1.1
SSW
11
0.1
SW
18
0.1
SW
16
0.3
SW
16
0.1
SW
13
0.1
W
20
0.2
ENE
8
0.2
ENE
8
Energy kJ
47
34
16
15
23
30
97
3
189
320
12
11
41
7
8
7
7
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
6
0.5
S
5
0.6
SSE
4
0.9
ESE
5
1.1
ENE
6
2
ENE
7
1.5
ENE
7
0.4
NW
2
0.6
NW
3
0.9
NW
4
0.7
WNW
4
0.7
W
4
0.7
WSW
4
1.4
WSW
5
2
SW
7
1.7
WSW
6
2
WSW
8
3.5
SSW
12
4
SSW
12
4
SSW
11
Energy kJ
16
13
14
42
92
371
192
2
6
24
15
16
13
91
342
197
452
3257
4064
3988
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
4
2
2
3
5
5
5
5
5
4
3
3
4
4
4
3
5
Distance (km)
0
5
0
5
0
14
0
67
77
0
0
24
0
0
0
0
135
274
307
357
357
357
322
347
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
2
3
4
5
5
5
5
5
4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
5
5
5
4
7
6
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
8
9
6
5
8
8
5
5
6
5
5
5
7
6
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