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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 22 Mar 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
21.3° C
(Which is 1.0°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: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 22). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (22 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (22 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
2
!
2
2
2
2
2
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SW
2.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
3.5
E
3
E
Period(s) (?)1212121212111111111111111212141414141414141488
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)100591882268367168556355361566973982984312692118246032032534232518671721149014361385
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
N
5
NW
5
NW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
10
S
20
SE
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
E
35
E
35
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:28AM
1.78
5:46PM
1.55
6:04AM
1.63
6:24PM
1.41
6:45AM
1.45
7:10PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:13PM
0.01
11:42AM
0.06
11:48PM
0.13
12:19PM
0.20
12:26AM
0.28
1:02PM
0.37
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise---6:22-------6:22-------6:24----
Sunset------6:28-------6:25-------6:24-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818192121202021191920222221202020202125272523
Feels °C (?)202019202120191919171820221917161717161722232220
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