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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 21 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
19.4° C
(Which is 2.1°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 1PM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 3.5m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (21 Apr)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)16ft (5.0m)12s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
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1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121213131414151616161515141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4271391938584747532669767601689074047689101011005910601104649483825570405567445636012949208716191286
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
NW
15
W
25
SSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
30
W
35
WSW
30
SW
15
SSW
5
S
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NE
30
ENE
35
E
40
E
35
ENE
30
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononglassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:22PM
1.41
6:41AM
1.38
7:18PM
1.27
7:43AM
1.20
8:46PM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:10PM
0.22
12:27AM
0.35
12:59PM
0.38
1:29AM
0.51
2:08PM
0.52
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:45-------6:46-------6:47------
Sunset----5:49-------5:47-------5:46---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141519201917161615151716161716161515192119181716
Feels °C (?)11121514121091099910131614151312131412111212
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