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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 02 Apr 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
20.0° C
(Which is 2.0°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: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 1.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)8ft (2.4m)8s
Evening (02 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)9s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
3
4
3
1
2
2
3
2
3
0
0
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)131313889999121313131212121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)347380537727817803895861732712103710531021786683614555349427343273237207174
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NE
5
ESE
10
S
5
E
5
WSW
15
W
20
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
SW
10
SSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:48AM
1.75
4:03PM
1.61
4:14AM
1.74
4:29PM
1.59
4:39AM
1.69
4:55PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:00AM
0.04
10:02PM
0.07
10:25AM
0.05
10:28PM
0.10
10:50AM
0.10
10:54PM
0.16
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise-6:31-------6:31-------6:33------
Sunset----6:13-------6:12-------6:09---
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192126262422212121222424202020191919202020191919
Feels °C (?)202228282825212021222526191921202019191819181717
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