Rivermouth Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape – Wild Coast (51 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (32.86° S 28.11° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Rivermouth surfForecast / Eastern Cape – Wild Coast / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 18 Sep 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 17.2° C
(Which is 2.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rivermouth today?

The current surf forecast for Rivermouth at 1PM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	13s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	12s
Evening (18 Sep)	7.5ft (2.3m)	12s

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

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	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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)	4	4	2	0	!	3	4	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2011	1825	1510	1598	2773	1596	1918	1676	1647	1209	1036	1031	902	819	956	862	764	638	545	454	846	731	593	441
Wind (km/h)	W	WSW	SSW	S	SSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					2:13PM 1.38				2:25AM 1.37				2:45PM 1.52				2:56AM 1.47				3:13PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)			8:01AM 0.35				8:26PM 0.33				8:33AM 0.23				8:56PM 0.21				9:00AM 0.13				9:23PM 0.13

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	19	19	18	17	16	16	15	16	19	20	19	18	19	18	18	18	23	22	23	21	22	19
Feels °C (?)	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	16	16	15	13	14	13	14	13	20	19	22	22	17	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape - Wild Coast

Wind Update light winds from the W at East London Airport mean that it is cross-off at Rivermouth. A 3.2m groundswell from the S is too big for here
2 hours 28 minutes ago Rivermouth

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32 km away, 2 h 28 min ago

11 km/h

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17.2

Air / Water (°C)

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