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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 03 Dec 2025 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
18.4° C
(Which is 2.8°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: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)--
Afternoon (03 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (03 Dec)5ft (1.6m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)119101010101010101010101010101099991010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)437444463544567578452443386386333325277271228220170164126147303398441383
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
SE
10
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
25
E
30
E
30
E
20
ENE
5
NNE
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
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
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrossonononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:17PM
1.71
2:49AM
1.55
3:03PM
1.75
3:33AM
1.60
3:48PM
1.74
4:17AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:40PM
0.05
8:48AM
0.13
9:23PM
0.01
9:35AM
0.10
10:06PM
0.01
10:21AM
0.11
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise-----5:00-------5:00-------5:00--
Sunset7:15-------7:16-------7:17-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C191716151419252523202018181921212119191919192020
Feels °C (?)171615141115201919182114151719192019191820181717
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