Van Stadens Mouth Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.97° S 25.25° E

Van Stadens Mouth 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 28 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Van Stadens Mouth sea temperature is
16.0°C
2.9° 

Van Stadens Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Van Stadens Mouth today (28 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Aug, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Van Stadens Mouth at 6PM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (28 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (28 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 28°C on Fri night, min 12°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the SW by Sat afternoon).

Fri
28
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
3
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
E
10
1.4
E
10
1.4
E
10
1
S
14
1.3
S
11
1.2
S
12
1.2
S
12
1.1
S
12
1.2
WSW
13
1.1
E
10
1.1
E
10
0.9
SW
13
0.9
WSW
13
1
E
11
1.2
SW
11
1.4
SW
10
2.2
SW
10
2.2
SW
10
2.1
SW
10
2.3
SW
12
2.2
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
472
362
362
372
426
390
390
324
506
259
264
241
261
264
380
370
869
906
784
1468
1369
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
0
ENE
5
NW
15
NE
15
N
15
WSW
25
WSW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
4:03PM1.71m
4:11AM1.64m
4:30PM1.76m
4:39AM1.64m
4:57PM1.77m
Low Tide
9:50AM0.04m
10:10PM0.09m
10:16AM0.00m
10:38PM0.06m
10:43AM0.00m
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clear
part cloud
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cloud
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:57
5:58
5:59
 mm
1
1
2
Temp °C
22
21
19
18
18
23
28
25
20
18
17
16
16
15
15
14
14
14
15
14
13
Feels °C
20
20
19
19
19
20
24
22
17
14
13
12
13
12
11
10
9
10
12
11
11
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