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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 04 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
18.6° C
(Which is 4.1°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: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 04). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (04 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (04 Mar)6ft (1.9m)10s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
1
3
3
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
2.1
WSW
3
SW
4
SW
Period(s) (?)11111010101212121212121212121212111111111111810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)73881375974575912691341145015501500139212931013939855699663534475524515101810633123
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
5
SE
10
E
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
W
5
W
5
NNE
10
ESE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
WSW
20
W
35
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:29PM
1.66
4:46AM
1.79
4:57PM
1.62
5:12AM
1.74
5:23PM
1.56
5:37AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:29AM
0.03
10:33PM
-0.01
10:56AM
0.04
10:59PM
0.03
11:22AM
0.10
11:24PM
0.11
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-------6:09-------6:09-------6:11
Sunset--6:52-------6:51-------6:49-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------11-----------11
Temp. °C242724212121202121202020201919202324232020201919
Feels °C (?)222422232322222219181920212020222323232018151211
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