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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 01 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
18.5° C
(Which is 3.5°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 2PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Afternoon (01 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (01 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
0
1
3
2
3
4
4
3
3
4
3
3
!
4
2
1
2
0
1
3
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
E
2.3
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.8
E
1.9
E
2.3
E
1.3
SW
2.3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
3
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)88881414141488813999999131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)515701382291288301331304418470709612767110810741314880732103710531021860748614
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
15
W
20
SW
25
SSW
15
SW
5
W
5
W
0
N
10
NE
10
NE
5
SSE
10
S
10
E
5
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
NNW
10
WSW
20
WSW
10
SW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
on
onononglasscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:20AM
1.73
3:35PM
1.59
3:48AM
1.75
4:03PM
1.61
4:14AM
1.74
4:29PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:34AM
0.07
9:36PM
0.07
10:00AM
0.04
10:02PM
0.07
10:25AM
0.05
10:28PM
0.10
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise-6:30-------6:31-------6:31------
Sunset----6:14-------6:13-------6:12---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------168
Temp. °C212121212120202020212624242121212324232521202019
Feels °C (?)232220192223222322232826262423222424222621202219
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