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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 17 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
22.3° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Van Stadens Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Van Stadens Mouth at 1PM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.9m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 2.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)7ft (2.2m)9s
Afternoon (17 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Evening (17 Feb)6ft (1.9m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
1
0
4
4
4
4
4
3
0
2
4
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
1.4
SSW
1.8
SW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)999161615151515151414141313131313131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)97282375896915711613186021202293206118621680137810861053103710371053105311441242160714481486
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
NE
10
S
20
SSW
25
SW
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
0
NNE
10
E
15
ESE
20
SE
25
ESE
5
ENE
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassonononglassglassglassglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		crossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:01PM
1.64
4:22AM
1.75
4:31PM
1.68
4:51AM
1.80
5:01PM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:00AM
0.12
10:09PM
-0.00
10:29AM
0.06
10:37PM
-0.04
11:00AM
0.03
11:05PM
-0.04
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise-5:54-------5:56-------5:56------
Sunset----7:09-------7:07-------7:07---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232629252323232222232828272422212122232222212120
Feels °C (?)232629242226252424242726252621202020212021222221
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