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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 1AM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 May) | 5ft (1.6m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (10 May) | 10ft (3.0m) | 8s |
| Evening (10 May) | 15ft (4.5m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Gourits Mouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 43mm), 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 night, severe gales from the WNW by Mon afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 9 | Sunday 10 | Monday 11 | Tue 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 11 AM | 2 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | WSW 7 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 8 | WSW 13 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | |
1731 | 1513 | 1291 | 1152 | 969 | 756 | 524 | 746 | 1343 | 2547 | 4343 | 4770 | 4465 | 3229 | 2291 | 2106 | 11202 | 12014 | 12145 | 10771 | 9061 | 8031 | 6615 | 5451 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | off | off | |
High Tide | 9:20PM1.31m | 9:47AM1.24m | 10:49PM1.40m | 11:19AM1.31m | 11:52PM1.55m | 12:22PM1.44m | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | |
Temp °C | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
13 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 14 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SW 12 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | SW 12 | S 10 | S 11 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | — | — |
1731 | 1513 | 1291 | 1152 | 969 | 756 | 524 | 377 | 473 | 187 | 106 | 68 | 4024 | 3229 | 2291 | 200 | 108 | 37 | 23 | 23 | 5 | 5 | — | — | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | — | SE 11 | E 9 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 10 | S 11 | S 10 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
650 | 565 | 457 | 444 | 392 | 386 | 380 | — | 293 | 1 | 46 | 44 | 85 | 116 | 265 | 71 | 52 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 22 | — | E 9 | SE 12 | SE 12 | E 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | 7 | 73 | 53 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 4 | E 4 | — | NW 3 | NW 4 | W 5 | WSW 7 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | NW 5 | NNW 5 | WSW 8 | WSW 13 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 |
— | 12 | 24 | — | 10 | 51 | 135 | 746 | 1343 | 2547 | 4343 | 4770 | 4465 | 53 | 66 | 2106 | 11202 | 12014 | 12145 | 10771 | 9061 | 8031 | 6615 | 5451 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 90 | 72 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 72 | 530 | 140 | 283 | 282 | 782 | 952 | 72 | 54 | 776 | 714 | 707 | 741 | 105 | 30 | 307 | 307 | 30 | 7 |
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