Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.40° S 32.43° E

Mapelane 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Mapelane sea temperature is
23.6°C
1.6° 

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


How big are the waves at Mapelane today (30 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Mapelane at 12AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)--
Afternoon (30 Sep)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (30 Sep)6ft (1.8m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 22°C on Fri afternoon, min 18°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Wed night, fresh winds from the NE by Fri afternoon).

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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)
2
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
S
11
1.8
S
10
1.7
S
11
1.7
S
11
1.7
S
10
1.7
S
10
1.7
S
10
1.4
SSE
9
1.9
SSE
10
2.1
SSE
12
2
SSE
12
1.9
SSE
12
1.8
SSE
12
1.6
SSE
12
1.5
SSE
11
1.4
SSE
11
1.4
SSE
11
1.3
SSE
11
1.2
SSE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
798
703
637
639
633
596
573
355
692
1200
1125
983
887
660
544
460
444
379
302
Wind (km/h)
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
5:05PM2.11m
5:19AM1.95m
5:37PM1.97m
5:51AM1.82m
6:11PM1.79m
Low Tide
11:14PM0.04m
11:25AM0.06m
11:46PM0.17m
11:59AM0.22m
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Temp °C
20
19
19
19
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20
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18
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20
Feels °C
17
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