Mapelane Surf Forecast

/ KZN North (23 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (28.40° S 32.43° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Mapelane surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 SAST

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

Today's Mapelane sea temperature is 23.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Mapelane today?

The current surf forecast for Mapelane at 10PM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Evening (16 Oct)	11ft (3.5m)	10s

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

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	Thursday 16			Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	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)	1	1	3	4	4	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	8	10	12	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	10	10	10	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1186	2330	3344	4350	3808	3248	3004	2484	2248	1584	1210	617	464	383	308	254	206	451	835	386	1293	1330	1087	676
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	E	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	NE	NNE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				1:29AM 1.47				1:50PM 1.66					2:04AM 1.63				2:21PM 1.81				2:33AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		7:27PM 0.61				7:33AM 0.50					8:01PM 0.44				8:06AM 0.35				8:30PM 0.30				8:34AM 0.23

	Thursday 16			Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-
Sunset	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	20	26	25	25	22	21	20	21	21	21	21
Feels °C (?)	15	14	14	14	15	16	17	15	14	15	15	13	13	13	22	23	25	18	17	16	17	16	16	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Mapelane (light winds from the S at Makatini 114 km from Mapelane). 4.4m 10s swell from the S which is too big for here.
1 hour 29 minutes ago Mapelane

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