Tsitsikamma Ultra

Trail running · Storms River → Covie · 29 Aug 2026

50 km through ancient forest from Storms River to Covie — 2,500 m of climbing, 12-hour cut-off.

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Weather, along the route

What Full route looks like right now.

  1. km 0

    15.9°C

    feels 12.8°

    partly cloudy

    20 NW · head

    no rain

  2. km 6

    14.0°C

    feels 12.6°

    fair

    10 WNW · head

    no rain

  3. km 11

    13.1°C

    feels 11.3°

    fair

    11 WNW · head

    no rain

  4. km 17

    13.9°C

    feels 12.2°

    fair

    10 NW · head

    no rain

  5. km 22

    14.4°C

    feels 12.7°

    fair

    10 W · head

    no rain

  6. km 28

    14.2°C

    feels 12.6°

    fair

    9 WSW · head

    no rain

  7. km 33

    13.1°C

    feels 11.2°

    partly cloudy

    10 WSW · head

    no rain

  8. km 39

    14.3°C

    feels 12.9°

    partly cloudy

    8 WSW · cross

    no rain

  9. km 45

    14.4°C

    feels 13.2°

    partly cloudy

    8 W · head

    no rain

  10. finish

    16.8°C

    feels 15.1°

    partly cloudy

    13 NW · head

    no rain

Real forecast data along the route, re-timed at a 8:23 /km pace starting now — not race day (race day is here), just today's conditions mapped onto the course.

Start · TotalEnergies Petroport Tsitsikamma

Fri 22:34 · km 0

Race start — headlamp start 06:00

Start

15.9°C

partly cloudy

Feels like
12.8°C
Wind
20 km/h NW · headwind
Rain
0.0 mm
Cloud
48%

→ Keurbos Hut · 29 km · ↑1720 ↓1450 m · big climbs and steep descents

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Finish · Covie

Sat 05:34 · km 50

Finish line — cut-off 18:00 (12h from start)

Finish

16.8°C

partly cloudy

Feels like
15.1°C
Wind
13 km/h NW · headwind
Rain
0.0 mm
Cloud
89%
See the full charts ↓

Right now, drawn like the planner

temp °Cfeels likerainafter dark
10°12°14°16°18°00:0003:00
cloud %rainafter dark
0%50%100%00:0003:00no rain expected
wind km/hhead/tailwindafter dark
-551500:0003:00

Below 0 the wind pushes you along; above 0 it pushes back.

tailwind headwindafter dark
241m489m736m0 kmStart · TotalEnergies Petroport TsitsikammaCheckpoint 1 · Keurbos HutAid Station 2Finish · Covie

The profile is painted with the wind at the hour you'd pass each point — deeper colour, stronger wind. Notches mark the checkpoints.

tailwindcrosswindheadwindcheckpointstartfinish
Checkpoint 1 · Keurbos Hut · km 29Aid Station 2 · km 4022:34 · 20 km/h NW · head23:34 · 10 km/h WNW · head00:34 · 10 km/h NW · cross01:34 · 10 km/h W · head02:34 · 9 km/h WSW · head03:34 · 10 km/h WSW · cross04:34 · 8 km/h W · head05:34 · 13 km/h NW · head

Wind at your position on the route — arrows point where the wind blows, longer means stronger. Green dots are checkpoints.

Drawn at 8:23 /km starting now, shaded where it's dark — the same charts the paid planner draws, just re-timed from today instead of race day.

This is current weather, not a race-day forecast. We'll switch to the full re-timed route forecast 10 days before the start.

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