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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 06 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
20.5° C
(Which is 1.4°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 9AM is: 4.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)15ft (4.5m)16s
Afternoon (06 Apr)16ft (5.0m)15s
Evening (06 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
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!
!
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!
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3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)161616161515141414141313131313131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1065410311101131047910759101458649741865835633457743743902354332192875215419751777143012491087972736
Wind
(km/h)
25
WSW
30
W
30
W
35
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
ESE
20
ESE
25
E
10
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
E
20
E
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:29AM
1.50
5:46PM
1.37
5:54AM
1.38
6:13PM
1.26
6:21AM
1.26
6:46PM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:19PM
0.25
11:39AM
0.26
11:45PM
0.35
12:06PM
0.38
12:13AM
0.48
12:39PM
0.50
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise---6:33-------6:35-------6:35----
Sunset------6:07-------6:06-------6:05-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181717171919191817161516202120171717161726312724
Feels °C (?)141212111313141414131315191717171616151625302524
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