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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 06 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
19.4° C
(Which is 3.3°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 9PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (06 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (06 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
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1
2
!
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.9
SW
3.5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
3
SSW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)11111111111191011111212121212121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)663534524524515791199151995079491250512677224424322221299827641818171322131493131511481082
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
SSW
15
SSW
15
WSW
20
W
30
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
50
WSW
35
SW
25
SW
20
SW
5
S
10
E
5
ENE
10
ENE
20
E
25
ESE
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:23PM
1.56
5:37AM
1.65
5:48PM
1.47
6:01AM
1.53
6:12PM
1.36
6:25AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:22AM
0.10
11:24PM
0.11
11:46AM
0.18
11:48PM
0.21
12:11PM
0.28
12:12AM
0.33
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise-------6:11-------6:11-------6:11
Sunset--6:49-------6:47-------6:46-----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1-----1-----------
Temp. °C202121212020181819191917181817182121212019181718
Feels °C (?)22232122191610910121414171716171716171617161616
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