Rivermouth surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 06 Jul 2025 SAST
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Rivermouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rivermouth sea temperature is
17.7° C
(Which is 2.5°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Rivermouth today?

The current surf forecast for Rivermouth at 11AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.0m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jul)6.5ft (2.0m)15s
Afternoon (06 Jul)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (06 Jul)13ft (4.0m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
3
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SW
4.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2
S
2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.8
SSW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)151515141414131313131313161515151414141414141313131313121212141415151514141515151514141415161515141414141414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1718152652468114769910272910478137047677876471030135283450297924352196198316411619156413591333105585473763551350453650452448510261929168312851133932892811803917767942128327031226396911089599362350211420411756147712461115956674
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
NNE
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
20
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
N
15
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
20
NNW
15
WSW
15
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
10
SSW
5
SSW
0
SSW
0
NE
5
N
10
NNE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:03PM
1.06
1:17AM
1.22
1:57PM
1.14
2:06AM
1.29
2:39PM
1.23
2:47AM
1.37
3:17PM
1.32
3:24AM
1.44
3:53PM
1.40
3:59AM
1.50
4:27PM
1.47
4:33AM
1.53
5:02PM
1.52
5:07AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:49AM
0.54
6:51PM
0.57
7:44AM
0.46
7:48PM
0.50
8:28AM
0.38
8:34PM
0.43
9:06AM
0.29
9:14PM
0.35
9:41AM
0.21
9:51PM
0.29
10:14AM
0.15
10:27PM
0.24
10:47AM
0.10
11:03PM
0.22
11:20AM
0.08
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Sunrise-7:09-------7:09-------7:09-------7:09-------7:09-------7:09-------7:09-------7:07--
Sunset----5:14-------5:14-------5:15-------5:15-------5:15-------5:15-------5:16-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161618201813131414141618171413121211172220171715151725282726191615152023222221212421222018171615131316181714131312121314
Feels °C (?)1311121312777879121311109971318171312101012202322211615151518201918171718181916151212118810121212121311111112
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