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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 04 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
18.6° C
(Which is 4.1°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 1AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (05 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (05 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
4
3
2
0
0
1
1
3
2
2
3
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.9
SW
3.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
Period(s) (?)10101012121212121212121212121111111111118101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)759745759126913411363136314041392129310138697867656115444755245157911510426445654291
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
5
ESE
15
E
10
NNE
15
WNW
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
W
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
E
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
WSW
20
W
25
W
45
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:29PM
1.66
4:46AM
1.79
4:57PM
1.62
5:12AM
1.74
5:23PM
1.56
5:37AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:33PM
-0.01
10:56AM
0.04
10:59PM
0.03
11:22AM
0.10
11:24PM
0.11
11:46AM
0.18
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:09-------6:11--
Sunset6:52-------6:51-------6:49-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------431----------2---
Temp. °C232121212021222020202019192023242220202018181818
Feels °C (?)2123222321222018202021202021242321211917109912
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