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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 08 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
21.2° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 12PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (08 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (08 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
4
4
4
3
1
1
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
3
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
2.3
SSW
2
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
S
1.5
SSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SSW
1.5
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111112121212121211111110101115141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29732538214313801152808637205538474705417036402938144699182964759843537957393016271405
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
5
N
15
S
20
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SE
10
E
10
E
15
ENE
25
E
30
E
30
E
35
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:55AM
1.52
7:01PM
1.31
7:34AM
1.42
7:39PM
1.19
8:16AM
1.31
8:27PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:06PM
0.37
1:06AM
0.30
1:48PM
0.47
1:43AM
0.43
2:35PM
0.57
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-5:16-------5:16-------5:18------
Sunset----7:34-------7:34-------7:32---
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C172124232220211919212121212020201921232323212121
Feels °C (?)152123211818191415181718191920201818181818182020
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