Gourits Mouth surf break

Gourits Mouth surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
17.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than 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: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.6m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)13ft (4.0m)12s
Afternoon (17 Sep)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (17 Sep)10ft (3.0m)12s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
S
2
S
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.9
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212121212121111121212111110131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)475747024372393136583158270124552067180914441098110214781412144413231187608460404303515538
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
W
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
W
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WSW
20
SSW
15
SSE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
30
E
35
E
25
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
1.50
1:39AM
1.54
2:01PM
1.68
2:15AM
1.67
2:33PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:12AM
0.56
7:41PM
0.51
7:54AM
0.40
8:19PM
0.36
8:26AM
0.27
8:49PM
0.24
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise-6:28-------6:28-------6:26------
Sunset----6:23-------6:24-------6:25---
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121315151413131212121515141414141314161717171616
Feels °C (?)78109991098911101011111199111212121314
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Overberg

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Gourits Mouth (moderate winds from the WSW at Stilbaai 45 km from Gourits Mouth). A 3.6m groundswell from the SSW is too big for here

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45 km away, 1 h 52 min ago

20 km/h
WSW
0.0
17.9
Air / Water (°C)
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