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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 20 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
18.9° C
(Which is 2.7°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 8PM is: 4.0m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 4.0m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.6m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)16ft (5.0m)12s
Afternoon (20 Apr)16ft (5.0m)12s
Evening (20 Apr)13ft (4.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
WSW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
5
SW
5.5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5.5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121313131313131312121213131414151616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7808712163444666471046894271391938584114532678218481782184848911105941027711109108189990872474675931
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
40
WSW
30
WSW
15
W
10
NNW
5
N
5
N
10
NNW
15
W
20
SSW
35
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
35
W
35
WSW
30
SW
20
WSW
10
SSW
5
SE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:36PM
1.53
5:54AM
1.56
6:22PM
1.41
6:41AM
1.38
7:18PM
1.27
7:43AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:28AM
0.08
11:39PM
0.19
12:10PM
0.22
12:27AM
0.35
12:59PM
0.38
1:29AM
0.51
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise-------6:45-------6:46-------6:47
Sunset--5:50-------5:49-------5:47-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------1-111-----
Temp. °C181817161515141419201916161615151717161717171615
Feels °C (?)9910121213121115151288988911121515151413
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