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Gourits Mouth surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa
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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
18.4° 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 5PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (09 May) | 10ft (3.0m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (09 May) | 8ft (2.5m) | 12s |
| Evening (09 May) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Gourits Mouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 46mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Sat afternoon, severe gales from the WNW by Mon afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 9 | Sunday 10 | Monday 11 | Tue 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | W 13 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | SW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 8 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | |
2294 | 1966 | 1731 | 1610 | 1208 | 1152 | 969 | 696 | 1659 | 1066 | 1867 | 3070 | 4765 | 4759 | 5610 | 3218 | 2254 | 2725 | 11582 | 13294 | 11094 | 9952 | 9731 | 8216 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | |
High Tide | 8:02AM1.27m | 9:20PM1.31m | 9:47AM1.24m | 10:49PM1.40m | 11:19AM1.31m | 11:52PM1.55m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:34PM0.68m | 3:42AM0.79m | 4:04PM0.68m | 5:13AM0.69m | 5:20PM0.60m | 6:16AM0.52m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | 7:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — | |
— | — | 5:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:42 | — | — | — | — | 5:40 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
Temp °C | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
14 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 4 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 11 | WSW 11 | SW 12 | SW 12 | S 9 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | — |
2294 | 1966 | 1731 | 1610 | 1208 | 1152 | 969 | 696 | 524 | 377 | 258 | 187 | 108 | 71 | 4069 | 3218 | 2254 | 113 | 52 | 37 | 23 | 23 | 6 | — | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | — | SW 13 | — | E 9 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 12 | S 10 | SE 12 | SE 12 | — | — | — | — | — |
736 | 659 | 650 | 565 | 457 | 444 | 392 | 335 | — | 398 | — | 1 | 46 | 46 | 103 | 74 | 200 | 72 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 10 | E 10 | — | — | E 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 22 | E 9 | E 9 | SE 10 | SE 12 | E 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | 18 | 8 | — | — | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 72 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | ENE 4 | E 5 | — | WNW 3 | WNW 5 | W 13 | WSW 8 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | — | NNW 4 | WSW 8 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 |
— | — | — | 10 | 34 | — | 9 | 84 | 1659 | 1066 | 1867 | 3070 | 4765 | 4759 | 5610 | — | 54 | 2725 | 11582 | 13294 | 11094 | 9952 | 9731 | 8216 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 33 | 36 | 90 | 72 | 29 | 0 | 33 | 72 | 530 | 105 | 105 | 283 | 754 | 949 | 54 | 54 | 751 | 707 | 694 | 718 | 283 | 307 | 317 | 105 |
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