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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 21 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
22.2° C
(Which is 1.1°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 10AM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Afternoon (21 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (21 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
1
2
3
4
5
6
2
1
0
0
5
5
5
5
5
3
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)151414141414141313131313131314151717161616161514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1927172413511159104210289299022760412250672558280534473917374949474593405135943175266221401667
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
SW
20
S
5
SSE
15
WSW
20
W
25
W
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
SW
40
SSW
35
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
N
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
1.54
6:18PM
1.39
6:37AM
1.36
7:10PM
1.25
7:34AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:38PM
0.15
12:07PM
0.20
12:22AM
0.31
12:52PM
0.35
1:18AM
0.48
1:55PM
0.50
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise---6:31-------6:31-------6:33----
Sunset------5:37-------5:37-------5:36-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161515172323221816151617202019171615151519202019
Feels °C (?)131212151918201512101111131112141313131416151514
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