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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 25 Mar 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
19.6° 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 3PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)8ft (2.4m)8s
Afternoon (25 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (25 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
4
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
2
2
0
1
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
0
3
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
E
2.4
E
1.3
SSW
1.7
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
2.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SSW
1.3
E
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)88121212121211111111111111101010101011811119
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10817905258134434364291048403317247466604698685720530484315280221230232304
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NNE
25
SW
40
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
N
0
N
25
WSW
0
NW
15
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:37AM
1.24
8:24PM
1.09
9:20AM
1.07
11:09PM
1.05
12:02PM
1.09
12:53AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02PM
0.55
2:39AM
0.65
4:13PM
0.65
5:43AM
0.67
6:30PM
0.56
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise-6:24-------6:26-------6:26------
Sunset----6:23-------6:22-------6:21---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------23--
Temp. °C222526222120191919192121211919191922292919201919
Feels °C (?)232625171920191819192119191819192023303117231918
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