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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 03 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
18.6° C
(Which is 4.1°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 12PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 03). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)8ft (2.4m)13s
Afternoon (03 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (03 Mar)6ft (1.8m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
1
0
0
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
0
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121111111111101010121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21401883154312931092929710553515582738749707694759118813411363145013191381103112021047
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
NNE
5
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
15
E
25
E
25
E
5
ENE
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
SW
10
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:00PM
1.65
4:18AM
1.80
4:29PM
1.66
4:46AM
1.79
4:57PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:00AM
0.05
10:06PM
-0.01
10:29AM
0.03
10:33PM
-0.01
10:56AM
0.04
10:59PM
0.03
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise-6:07-------6:07-------6:09------
Sunset----6:52-------6:52-------6:51---
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------------1322321
Temp. °C151720212018181817182427242121202021212020202020
Feels °C (?)131619181716171716172123222322212222221921202020
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