Double Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.71° S 28.33° E

Issued: 1 am 26 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Double Mouth sea temperature is

20.9° C

Double Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Double Mouth today (26 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 13s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Double Mouth at 5AM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (26 Jul)	5ft (1.5m)	13s
Afternoon (26 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	12s
Evening (26 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	16s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 44mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 21°C on Sun afternoon, min 14°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Mon afternoon, calm by Tue night).
	Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	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)	4	3	3	2	0	1	2	2	3	2	1	0	1	0	1	4	4	4	0	0	2	2	4	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 17	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15
Wave Graph
kJ	837	824	700	608	397	365	309	270	522	425	373	757	1044	291	314	1044	1309	1235	1094	933	874	740	720	711
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	ESE	SE	ESE	SSE	SE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	on	on	glassy	cross-on
High Tide	1:56AM1.20m					2:31PM1.18m				2:38AM1.30m				3:06PM1.29m				3:12AM1.39m				3:38PM1.39m
Low Tide				8:19AM0.45m				8:28PM0.48m				8:55AM0.35m				9:04PM0.39m				9:26AM0.25m				9:37PM0.30m


	—	7:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:00	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:25	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	8	7	19	1	1	—	2
Temp °C	14	13	14	20	21	20	18	18	20	19	19	20	21	19	19	18	17	15	16	14	16	16	16	15
Feels °C	11	10	10	16	16	16	14	13	15	14	14	14	16	15	17	17	17	14	12	10	14	13	15	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 17	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSW 15	SSW 15
kJ	837	824	700	608	397	365	309	176	144	151	131	91	67	237	233	1044	1309	1235	1094	933	751	547	720	711
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 13	ESE 8	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	S 7	S 7	ENE 8	NE 7	E 9	SSW 15	SSW 15	S 9	E 9
kJ	183	159	138	121	295	295	291	270	522	425	373	7	147	291	314	124	107	22	13	15	874	740	225	26
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	E 8	E 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSW 12	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	—	SE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 10	S 11	NE 7	S 13	E 9	E 9	S 12
kJ	—	—	1	1	59	36	27	177	18	11	11	—	3	54	49	36	36	16	21	7	3	25	25	12
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NNE 3	NE 4	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 6	NE 7	NE 7	—	—	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 6	SSW 6	—	S 7	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 7	SSE 8
kJ	—	—	7	14	28	86	154	314	371	—	—	757	1044	175	134	—	187	131	271	587	575	358	217	356
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	1	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4
Distance (km)	0	0	0	67	295	295	14	0	0	0	5	140	408	347	5	0	0	0	109	535	565	5	0	126
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	3			4	4	4	3	3	2			3	4	5	4	3			4	4	4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Vleesbaai Overberg	Paranoia Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Treskostraal West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	5	5	5	7	5	5

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