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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 22 Feb 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 4.3°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 7PM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Afternoon (22 Feb)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (22 Feb)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
!
!
4
4
4
4
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
E
2.4
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)77888888881212121212121277713131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4476369881241919870675671454405384378319365314309390739984655501494479379
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
30
E
35
E
30
ENE
10
NE
5
NW
5
NW
5
ENE
10
S
15
E
20
ENE
10
SSW
15
SSW
25
SSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
20
W
20
W
25
W
25
W
20
W
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassoncross-
off
cross-
off
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:40PM
1.41
7:04AM
1.51
7:22PM
1.26
7:52AM
1.33
8:23PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:40PM
0.21
12:42AM
0.24
1:21PM
0.36
1:25AM
0.41
2:18PM
0.52
2:30AM
0.58
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-------6:00-------6:01-------6:01
Sunset--7:04-------7:02-------7:01-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------1--144351471----
Temp. °C293127252423232424242220202020201919192020201921
Feels °C (?)272925232626252626252021201917171516181818171719
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