Gourits Mouth surf break

Gourits Mouth surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm 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
18.3° 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 8PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy 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 5mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, severe gales from the NW by Mon morning).

Fri
8
Saturday
9
Sunday
10
Mon
11
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
Rating
(10 max)
!
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5
3
3
3
0
1
2
2
0
0
2
!
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
2.3
SE
12
2.1
SE
11
1.9
SE
11
1.6
SE
11
1.2
SW
13
3.5
WSW
8
4
WSW
9
5
WSW
10
4.5
WSW
11
4.5
WSW
12
4
SW
12
3.5
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4114
4016
4336
3697
3996
3560
3208
2702
2294
1966
1731
1513
1380
1152
898
640
475
1490
2898
4520
5096
5756
4207
3135
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
0
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NE
30
NW
45
NW
40
WNW
35
WNW
50
W
45
W
45
WNW
40
WNW
35
WNW
20
NNW
30
N
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
7:49PM1.32m
8:02AM1.27m
9:20PM1.31m
9:47AM1.24m
10:49PM1.40m
Low Tide
1:20PM0.62m
2:00AM0.78m
2:34PM0.68m
3:42AM0.79m
4:04PM0.68m
5:13AM0.69m
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
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7:13
7:13
7:15
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5:44
5:44
5:43
5:42
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
16
16
15
15
14
14
14
16
18
17
16
17
18
17
15
13
15
13
12
12
12
12
14
14
13
14
14
14
13
13
12
14
16
13
13
15
11
7
7
6
5
3
2
3
4
6
7
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
2.3
SE
12
2.1
SE
11
1.9
SE
11
1.6
SE
11
1.4
SE
11
1.2
SE
11
1
SE
11
0.8
SE
11
0.6
SE
11
0.5
SE
10
4
SW
12
3.5
SW
12
Energy kJ
4114
4016
4336
3697
3996
3560
3208
2702
2294
1966
1731
1513
1380
1152
898
640
475
338
224
162
72
53
4207
3135
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
1.1
SW
13
1.2
SW
13
0.2
E
9
0.4
SE
14
0.4
SE
13
0.4
SE
13
0.5
SE
13
0.4
SE
12
Energy kJ
542
651
1014
976
868
844
833
736
736
659
650
565
457
392
392
392
473
6
46
46
44
80
54
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
WSW
13
0.7
SW
13
1.3
S
9
1.2
S
8
0.3
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.7
E
5
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
Energy kJ
215
170
262
190
18
8
21
6
6
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
E
4
0.5
ENE
4
1.1
NW
4
1.4
WNW
5
1.8
W
6
3.5
WSW
8
4
WSW
9
5
WSW
10
4.5
WSW
11
4.5
WSW
12
0.9
NW
5
1.1
NNW
5
Energy kJ
9
8
39
87
207
1490
2898
4520
5096
5756
38
48
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
5
1
1
Distance (km)
7
29
29
7
7
7
0
7
29
33
90
54
42
8
72
488
145
722
782
145
145
72
54
54
Best forecast wave conditions in Overberg
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
5
7
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
3
2
3
5
4
5
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
7
6
6
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
9
7
9
5
4
5
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