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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 20 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
20.8° C
 (Which is 1.9°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 1AM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (21 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (21 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)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
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
3
4
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
Period(s) (?)101010111313131212121212121212121316151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)63563564070512869511152850836769694734722795908115519514433205527755423574156625583
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
E
30
ESE
30
E
25
E
10
ENE
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
25
SW
40
SW
45
SW
40
WSW
30
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:49PM
1.60
5:15AM
1.65
5:20PM
1.59
5:46AM
1.66
5:52PM
1.54
6:18AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:00PM
0.05
11:20AM
0.17
11:29PM
0.05
11:53AM
0.19
12:00AM
0.09
12:28PM
0.23
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise-----5:28-------5:28-------5:30--
Sunset7:30-------7:30-------7:30-------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C211920171619242623202019192122222120202019192020
Feels °C (?)191718151415202119182120192120171414171716161716
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