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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 05 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
19.3° C
(Which is 3.4°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 4PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (05 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (05 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
3.5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)12121212121212121212111111111111911111112111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1341136315441319138112001111102586569955354452452451572522245437484249122632226821912181
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
W
0
WNW
5
ESE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
WSW
15
W
20
W
50
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
40
SW
30
SW
20
SW
5
SSW
0
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:57PM
1.62
5:12AM
1.74
5:23PM
1.56
5:37AM
1.65
5:48PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:56AM
0.04
10:59PM
0.03
11:22AM
0.10
11:24PM
0.11
11:46AM
0.18
11:48PM
0.21
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-6:09-------6:09-------6:11------
Sunset----6:51-------6:49-------6:47---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---6621---------3----11-
Temp. °C202121202021202020202223222020201818181919171818
Feels °C (?)2122201921232222222223232221201810981213141718
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