Mapelane 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Mapelane today (07 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Mapelane at 1AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Afternoon (07 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	5s
Evening (07 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	5s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Wed afternoon, min 17°C on Tue morning). Mainly fresh winds.
	Mon 6			Tuesday 7								Wednesday 8								Thu 9
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	NE 5	NNE 5	SE 10	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SSW 14	NE 8	SSW 14	NE 5	ENE 8	NE 8	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 15
Wave Graph
kJ	151	154	127	104	104	80	79	60	98	97	58	55	54	53	78	77	80	60	114	109	121	120	118	186
Wind (km/h)	NE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	WNW	WSW	SW	SSW	S
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	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		7:45PM1.69m				7:58AM1.54m					8:35PM1.62m				8:55AM1.43m				9:41PM1.54m				10:14AM1.36m
Low Tide				1:57AM0.50m					2:09PM0.45m				2:53AM0.58m				3:08PM0.54m				4:07AM0.64m


	—	—	—	—	6:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—
	5:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	21	19	19	18	17	20	22	21	20	19	18	17	17	20	23	21	20	18	17	17	18	21	21
Feels °C	17	17	15	16	15	13	15	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	17	19	18	16	14	15	15	16	19	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	NE 5	NE 5	SE 9	SE 9	SE 10	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9
kJ	151	154	127	104	104	80	79	60	60	59	58	55	22	23	31	31	32	26	114	109	73	48	63	80
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SW 14	SE 9	SE 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SE 10	SSW 14	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 15
kJ	34	34	32	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	54	54	31	78	77	80	32	81	84	121	120	118	186
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSW 12	SSW 12	SW 12	SSW 15	SSW 15	E 10	SW 14	SW 14	E 10	E 10	E 10	SSW 15	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9
kJ	6	6	6	7	7	6	15	15	6	21	42	16	54	53	17	17	17	42	33	32	23	22	13	13
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	NNE 5	NNE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	NNE 5	NNW 3	NNW 3	NE 5	NE 8	NE 5	NE 5	N 4	N 5	—	SSW 3	SSW 4	SSW 4
kJ	56	76	66	55	58	55	58	57	98	97	53	34	4	3	28	73	47	60	9	60	—	4	13	13
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Richards Bay (Inside) KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Siyayi KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2
Distance (km)	208	171	171	130	90	90	104	212	208	171	104	55	55	55	55	212	196	104	90	0	0	55	55	55
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast		Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Siyayi			Umhlanga	Siyayi	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)		Umhlanga	Umhlanga	Siyayi	Alkantstrand	Alkantstrand	Umhlanga	Kosi Bay	Alkantstrand
Rating (10 max)		2	2	2	2	2	1			2	2	1	1	1	1		1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Dungeons Cape Town	Dungeons Cape Town	Dungeons Cape Town	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dungeons Cape Town	Dungeons Cape Town	Dungeons Cape Town	Dungeons Cape Town	Paranoia Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Paranoia Overberg	Paranoia Overberg	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	Paranoia Overberg	Heaven West Coast
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	4
Header Global	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cow Bombie Australia	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks New Zealand	Cyclops Australia	Currumbin Point Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Baler - Lindy's Point Philippines	Baler - Lindy's Point Philippines	Baler - Lindy's Point Philippines
Rating (10 max)	9	8	8	8	7	6	7	5	5	7	9	9	9	8	7	6	8	9	9	8	7	6	6	6

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