Van Stadens Mouth Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape (S) (37 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.97° S 25.25° E)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 16 Sep 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 18.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Van Stadens Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Van Stadens Mouth at 3AM is: 6.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 5.0m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	28ft (8.5m)	14s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	23ft (7.0m)	13s
Evening (16 Sep)	18ft (5.5m)	13s

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

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		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	!	!	!	0	0	0	0	!	!	0	0	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	0	0	!
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	4545	24744	20722	30040	25482	17992	13463	10338	8395	7156	6805	7126	6741	5718	5139	4621	3921	3610	3432	2880	2813	2697	2386	2207
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	W	WNW	W	WNW	SW	SW	SW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		11:01PM 1.06				12:23PM 1.10				12:52AM 1.16				1:28PM 1.27				1:44AM 1.30					2:08PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)				5:52AM 0.63				6:45PM 0.61				7:14AM 0.49				7:44PM 0.45				7:57AM 0.34

		Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	15	17	16	16	15
Feels °C (?)	15	11	8	5	3	3	5	5	6	6	7	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	13	10	10	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)

Wind Update Recent on-shore wind 27 km from Van Stadens Mouth has fallen light (calm at Springfield wx). Waves cleaning up. A 6.2m groundswell from the SW is too big for here
1 hour 30 minutes ago Van Stadens Mouth

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27 km away, 1 h 30 min ago

5 km/h

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18.1

Air / Water (°C)

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