Mapelane 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.40° S 32.43° E

Issued: 7 pm 07 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Mapelane sea temperature is

23.1° 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 (08 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Mapelane at 12AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (08 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Evening (08 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Tue night, calm by Fri morning).
	Tue 7			Wednesday 8								Thursday 9								Fri 10
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	SE 10	SE 10	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SSW 14	NE 8	SSW 14	NE 5	NE 8	NE 8	SSW 14	SSW 14	ENE 9	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 16	SSW 16
Wave Graph
kJ	84	85	63	54	54	53	78	77	80	51	145	95	120	118	82	191	318	966	1106	1041	980	949	1622	2678
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	N	N	W	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSW	WSW	WSW	NW	NNE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	off	off	glassy	cross-on	on
High Tide			8:35PM1.62m				8:55AM1.43m				9:41PM1.54m				10:14AM1.36m					11:07PM1.51m				11:50AM1.36m
Low Tide	2:09PM0.45m				2:53AM0.58m				3:08PM0.54m				4:07AM0.64m				4:27PM0.60m					5:38AM0.63m


	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—
	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	20	19	18	17	17	20	23	21	21	19	17	19	20	21	21	21	21	19	18	18	18	20	21
Feels °C	17	16	15	14	14	14	17	19	18	18	15	15	17	17	18	19	20	20	19	18	18	19	19	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 10	ENE 8	SSW 14	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 16	SSW 16
kJ	60	59	57	54	54	30	31	31	32	38	81	95	55	48	82	82	318	966	1106	1041	980	949	1622	2678
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SE 10	SE 10	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 16	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	SE 13
kJ	17	17	17	54	54	53	78	77	80	32	33	82	120	118	67	191	74	66	64	45	43	42	41	7
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 12	SSW 15	SSW 15	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SSW 15	E 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SSW 16	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSE 14	SSE 14	SE 13
kJ	6	21	42	16	16	17	17	17	17	42	16	32	23	22	52	13	13	13	8	8	8	20	19	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 6	NNE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 8	NE 5	NE 5	NE 8	N 5	SSW 3	S 4	S 5	SSW 5	S 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 8
kJ	84	85	63	44	27	22	17	71	47	51	145	52	2	39	49	45	52	—	—	—	—	—	—	45
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Siyayi KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Mapelane KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Distance (km)	212	171	152	90	55	55	55	212	208	104	55	0	55	55	55	571	0	55	0	0	0	0	3	210
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast		Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Mtunzini	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)			Umhlanga	Richards Bay (Outside)	St Lucia	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Alkantstrand		Alkantstrand	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)
Rating (10 max)		1	2	2	1	1	1			1	1	2	1	1	1		3	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	3	6	7	6	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	7	9	9	9	8	7	6	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7

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