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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 11 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
19.9° C
 (Which is 2.6°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 7PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.9m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (11 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (11 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
2
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
1
3
2
2
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121211112220191816161514141313131312121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)850722622600668125515812076213622852098229623171474132612281075899884800723650617544
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
25
SE
15
SE
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
20
WSW
25
SW
35
SW
30
SW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
20
S
20
S
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
NNW
5
N
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		onglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:09AM
1.20
9:40PM
0.99
10:29AM
1.13
11:37PM
0.97
12:07PM
1.13
1:08AM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:40PM
0.64
3:31AM
0.65
5:17PM
0.66
5:18AM
0.70
6:53PM
0.61
6:57AM
0.65
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-------5:20-------5:20-------5:20
Sunset--7:32-------7:32-------7:32-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282827222120202223242321212020222323232121202021
Feels °C (?)282627242220212221222122222021232422232324222222
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