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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 18 Apr 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 1.2°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 5AM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (18 Apr)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (18 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
2.1
SW
2
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)131268910121212111111111010131096812121316
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1991261982784658008447765754002472151761121048313858616021135232718502200
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
20
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
35
SSW
15
SE
10
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
15
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
15
NNW
30
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:01AM
1.83
4:21PM
1.65
4:36AM
1.79
4:57PM
1.60
5:14AM
1.69
5:35PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
-0.04
10:15AM
-0.07
10:21PM
-0.03
10:50AM
-0.03
10:58PM
0.03
11:27AM
0.07
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---6:28-------6:30-------6:31----
Sunset------5:42-------5:39-------5:38-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------1---------
Temp. °C272519192324211917191718262623222622192023252318
Feels °C (?)222216141717181714161516232321232017141618181616
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