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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 09 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
19.2° C
(Which is 2.6°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 8AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (09 Apr)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
2
3
0
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
4
3
1
2
2
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)121111111111111111111615151414141413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)505501492553553544534488445403489581856135514431423136312471053999101499911551053
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
0
ENE
20
S
10
S
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
5
SW
5
S
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
SW
15
W
10
W
15
W
0
E
10
NE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassoncross-
on
offoffoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:56AM
1.13
7:44PM
1.01
8:09AM
1.00
10:49PM
0.98
11:22AM
1.00
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:47AM
0.61
1:27PM
0.62
1:52AM
0.74
3:22PM
0.70
5:02AM
0.77
5:47PM
0.64
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise---6:35-------6:37-------6:37----
Sunset------6:04-------6:01-------6:00-
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----1----------------11
Temp. °C272726262826252423242425303325252423202021202019
Feels °C (?)272726262924262423242424303225262523192020222121
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