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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 19 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 4PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (19 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Evening (19 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
3
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.6
E
1.3
S
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1.3
E
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121212121210101114613131312121313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)614530505437368306241241218150132276284289134187268563295341309393313222
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
5
SW
5
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
10
S
5
SSE
0
NE
10
N
15
NE
25
E
30
ENE
35
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:24PM
1.56
4:49AM
1.57
4:53PM
1.58
5:19AM
1.61
5:23PM
1.57
5:49AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:19AM
0.21
10:36PM
0.07
10:50AM
0.17
11:04PM
0.03
11:22AM
0.16
11:33PM
0.03
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise-------5:18-------5:18-------5:20
Sunset--7:15-------7:15-------7:15-----
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222212018172223222120201917202323232120181823
Feels °C (?)191921212017152019191920212017191918181819171724
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