Gourits Mouth surf break

Gourits Mouth surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 08 May 2026 SAST
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Gourits Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Gourits Mouth sea temperature is
18.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Gourits Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Gourits Mouth at 8AM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am May 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 May)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (08 May)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (08 May)11ft (3.5m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, near gales from the W by Sun morning).

Friday
8
Saturday
9
Sunday
10
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)
!
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4
3
3
3
0
1
3
3
0
1
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
SE
13
4
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.3
SE
12
2.2
SE
12
2.1
SE
11
1.8
SE
11
2.2
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
8
4
WSW
10
4.5
WSW
10
4.5
WSW
11
5
WSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5789
5220
3874
4114
4016
4336
3833
3833
3560
3065
2702
2331
1999
1731
1513
1291
1054
831
1616
735
2659
3693
4384
6566
Wind (km/h)
5
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
15
SW
10
SSW
5
S
0
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
10
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
5
NNE
20
WNW
50
NW
50
W
50
WNW
50
W
50
W
40
WNW
30
NW
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
6:54AM1.36m
7:49PM1.32m
8:02AM1.27m
9:20PM1.31m
9:47AM1.24m
10:49PM1.40m
Low Tide
00:50AM0.70m
1:20PM0.62m
2:00AM0.78m
2:34PM0.68m
3:42AM0.79m
4:04PM0.68m
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
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7:11
7:13
7:13
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5:44
5:44
5:43
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
14
16
16
16
15
15
14
14
13
16
18
17
16
17
17
16
12
16
13
13
12
12
13
12
12
14
13
14
14
14
13
13
11
14
16
13
13
16
12
5
1
6
3
2
3
5
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
SE
13
4
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.3
SE
12
2.2
SE
12
2.1
SE
11
1.8
SE
11
1.6
SE
11
1.5
SW
12
1.1
SE
11
1
SE
11
0.8
SE
11
4
WSW
12
Energy kJ
5789
5220
3874
4114
4016
4336
3833
3833
3560
3065
2702
2331
1999
1731
1513
1291
1054
831
640
666
298
224
140
4830
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
1.5
S
10
1
SW
17
1.1
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.4
SE
11
0.3
SE
14
0.6
SE
11
Energy kJ
245
241
422
542
651
1014
976
868
844
833
736
736
659
650
565
457
444
392
475
29
71
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SW
19
0.7
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
0.8
WSW
13
0.7
SW
13
1.2
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.4
ENE
4
0.3
SE
13
Energy kJ
219
311
437
215
170
225
41
6
28
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
E
4
1.3
NW
4
2.2
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
8
4
WSW
10
4.5
WSW
10
4.5
WSW
11
5
WSW
12
Energy kJ
13
65
1616
735
2659
3693
4384
6566
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
5
Distance (km)
7
7
7
7
7
29
7
7
7
0
7
29
29
90
42
7
7
54
488
580
728
752
140
72
Best forecast wave conditions in Overberg
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
7
7
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
5
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
6
6
6
7
6
7
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
9
9
5
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