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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 06 Apr 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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.5°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 9PM is: 4.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)15ft (4.5m)16s
Afternoon (06 Apr)16ft (5.0m)15s
Evening (06 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
0
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3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)151514141414131313131313131313131313131312121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1274110398887676226583563347924585390237443139306620531975177714301127972865643505418501510
Wind
(km/h)
35
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
25
E
15
NE
10
NW
10
WNW
15
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:46PM
1.37
5:54AM
1.38
6:13PM
1.26
6:21AM
1.26
6:46PM
1.13
6:56AM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
0.26
11:45PM
0.35
12:06PM
0.38
12:13AM
0.48
12:39PM
0.50
12:47AM
0.61
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-------6:35-------6:35-------6:35
Sunset--6:07-------6:06-------6:05-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019181716161720211918171716172631262426262726
Feels °C (?)141314141413141619171618161615162429242425252525
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