Mapelane 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.40° S 32.43° E

Issued: 7 pm 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Mapelane sea temperature is

24.3°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Mapelane today (29 Oct):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Mapelane at 11PM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 19s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (29 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	10s
Evening (29 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s

Table - waves today at Mapelane. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Sun morning, min 19°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds.
	Thu 29			Friday 30								Saturday 31
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	NE 6	NE 6	SE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	356	314	307	301	253	258	225	216	183	183	183	183	156	135	112	109	123	128	68
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide		5:24PM1.92m				5:45AM1.80m				6:04PM1.74m				6:30AM1.64m				6:51PM1.53m
Low Tide				11:35PM0.18m				11:53AM0.27m				00:16AM0.34m				12:41PM0.48m


	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:08	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	20	20	20	19	20	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	21	23	23	22	22	22
Feels °C	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	E 6
kJ	356	314	307	301	253	258	225	216	183	183	183	183	156	135	112	109	91	71	54
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 11	SSW 20	SSW 19	E 7	E 7	E 8	SSW 16	SSW 19	SSW 18	E 8	SSW 15	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SE 8
kJ	4	38	37	37	36	41	24	69	31	10	23	14	14	13	6	18	17	17	68
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 21	E 7	SW 11	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 19	SSW 19	SW 19	SW 14	SSW 18	E 8	SSW 16	SSW 16	SW 13	SSW 14	S 16	E 9	E 9	SSW 13
kJ	17	1	5	34	69	36	36	88	8	61	4	24	24	7	18	5	6	15	16
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 8	E 7	—	—	ENE 9	ENE 8	ENE 4	ENE 4	E 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	NE 5	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 5
kJ	39	40	39	—	—	79	72	21	41	49	44	36	33	53	55	98	123	128	56
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Pipe Eastern Cape (S)	Kellys Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	1	3	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	4	4
Distance (km)	212	212	55	3	3	212	904	1169	1060	921	909	784	152	152	571	892	797	685	428
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast			Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)								Kosi Bay	Kosi Bay
Rating (10 max)			2	2	2								2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Seal Point Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Santos Reef Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	2	3	2	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	9	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	8	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4

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