Mapelane 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.40° S 32.43° E

Issued: 7 pm 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Mapelane sea temperature is

24.2°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 (02 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Mapelane at 11PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (02 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Evening (02 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu afternoon, min 21°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Mon night, strong winds from the NNE by Thu afternoon).
	Mon 2			Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thu 5
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	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)	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	115	151	125	133	163	190	157	117	110	108	81	63	68	62	93	125	186	178	166	158	151
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	N	NE	NE	NNE	NE	NNE	N	N	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			10:15PM1.25m					11:30AM1.42m				00:05AM1.35m				12:42PM1.57m				1:05AM1.50m
Low Tide	3:52PM0.80m				4:37AM0.71m					5:57PM0.71m				6:11AM0.60m				7:01PM0.55m


	—	—	—	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—
	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:10	—	—	—	6:12
mm	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	1	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	24	23	23	22	22	22	23	24	23	22	22	22	21	23	24	24	23	23	22	22	21
Feels °C	26	26	26	25	25	24	25	24	22	21	21	19	19	21	22	23	22	23	22	22	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	ENE 6	SSW 13
kJ	115	151	125	133	163	190	157	117	110	108	81	45	59	59	62	62	57	178	166	45	151
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	ENE 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 10	E 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	E 9	E 9	SSW 13	E 9
kJ	17	18	15	18	17	17	27	28	28	19	47	41	26	25	93	125	186	57	57	158	39
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	SE 9	S 6	NE 5	NE 5	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSE 6	S 9	SE 6	SSW 16	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 9	S 7
kJ	5	13	18	12	12	15	14	24	20	33	13	43	9	48	23	12	12	10	10	39	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 3	ENE 4	ENE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NNE 3	ENE 6
kJ	19	5	35	29	19	18	8	6	20	32	45	63	68	62	76	96	69	57	46	6	70
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Sodwana KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Salt Rock KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Kei Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Sodwana KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Haardebaai Overberg	Zinkwazi KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Sodwana KZN North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	152	3	3	3	3	3	3	571	171	212	613	152	171	90	55	1450	130	55	55	55	152
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast	Kosi Bay	Richards Bay (Outside)	Alkantstrand	Alkantstrand	Alkantstrand	Alkantstrand	Richards Bay (Outside)		Salt Rock			Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Siyayi	Richards Bay (Outside)		Blythedale	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Kosi Bay
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	2	2	2		2			2	3	2	2		2	2	2	2	1
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dungeons Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dungeons Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Silwerstroom West Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	2	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4

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