Gourits Mouth surf break

Gourits Mouth surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 07 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 2PM is: 5.0m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 May)16ft (5.0m)13s
Afternoon (07 May)16ft (5.0m)13s
Evening (07 May)15ft (4.5m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, strong winds from the WNW by Sat night).

Thursday
7
Friday
8
Saturday
9
Sun
10
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
2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
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5
!
5
5
3
3
3
0
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
5
SE
13
5
SE
13
5
SE
13
5
SE
13
4.5
SE
13
4.5
SE
13
4.5
SE
13
4
SE
13
4
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
12
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.2
SE
12
2.1
SE
12
2
SE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8176
8099
8496
7890
7325
6801
6490
5880
5495
3776
3585
4016
4041
3475
3775
3409
3214
2884
2418
1866
1731
1336
1208
999
Wind (km/h)
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
W
15
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
N
5
NNE
10
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
10
NE
25
NW
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
6:48PM1.40m
6:54AM1.36m
7:49PM1.32m
8:02AM1.27m
9:20PM1.31m
Low Tide
12:29PM0.53m
00:50AM0.70m
1:20PM0.62m
2:00AM0.78m
2:34PM0.68m
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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7:11
7:11
7:13
7:13
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5:45
5:44
5:44
5:43
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
16
17
17
17
16
16
15
15
14
16
17
16
16
15
14
14
14
16
18
16
16
17
18
10
10
11
12
13
13
14
13
13
12
13
14
14
15
14
13
13
13
15
16
11
13
15
13
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
5
SE
13
5
SE
13
5
SE
13
5
SE
13
4.5
SE
13
4.5
SE
13
4.5
SE
13
4
SE
13
4
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
12
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.2
SE
12
2.1
SE
12
2
SE
11
Energy kJ
8176
8099
8496
7890
7325
6801
6490
5880
5495
3776
3585
4016
4041
3475
3775
3409
3214
2884
2418
1866
1731
1336
1208
999
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.6
SW
13
0.6
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
1.5
S
10
1.4
S
10
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
Energy kJ
208
172
130
139
355
297
261
245
241
414
371
651
1014
976
868
844
833
736
726
736
650
565
457
444
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SW
18
0.4
SW
16
0.5
SW
16
0.6
WSW
12
0.4
SW
20
0.4
SW
19
0.6
SW
19
0.7
SW
18
0.8
SW
18
1
SW
17
0.8
WSW
13
1.1
S
8
0.9
SSW
9
0.4
E
11
0.3
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.7
E
5
Energy kJ
50
94
127
94
98
133
219
311
437
542
212
161
126
35
18
8
22
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SSW
9
1.2
SSW
9
0.9
ENE
4
0.9
ENE
5
Energy kJ
249
213
25
35
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
Distance (km)
231
231
231
29
29
29
29
7
7
7
7
29
29
0
7
0
0
7
7
42
90
90
42
7
Best forecast wave conditions in Overberg
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
7
4
4
4
4
5
4
5
4
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
4
5
5
6
7
4
4
4
4
5
5
9
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
8
5
5
6
7
7
7
8
6
5
5
9
9
5
5
5
5
5
8
5
4
4
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