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Van Stadens Mouth surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 SAST
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Van Stadens Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Van Stadens Mouth sea temperature is
19.7° C
 (Which is 2.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Van Stadens Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Van Stadens Mouth at 4AM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (13 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (13 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
3
2
2
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1
SSW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131312121212121111111111111116151413131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21711682143013261154899813800661650563544534437429429479532182518371619321331352593
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
N
5
NNE
10
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
20
ESE
5
S
30
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
30
WSW
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassoffcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:37PM
0.97
12:07PM
1.13
1:08AM
1.04
1:18PM
1.19
2:02AM
1.15
2:07PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:18AM
0.70
6:53PM
0.61
6:57AM
0.65
7:51PM
0.51
7:56AM
0.56
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise---5:20-------5:20-------5:22----
Sunset------7:32-------7:32-------7:32-
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------121-
Temp. °C212121222323232221202022252525222120212220191919
Feels °C (?)222122232422232423222223232325251919181817161616
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