Factory Point surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 10 Mar 2026 CAT
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Factory Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Factory Point sea temperature is
16.8° C
(Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Factory Point today?

The current surf forecast for Factory Point at 3AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (11 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (11 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s

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


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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
0
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111010101010101313131313121212121219
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)485423423423366343337281320171131209209144144180175199157154178175149173
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
10
SE
5
SW
15
WNW
5
SE
10
NE
10
WNW
20
SW
30
SSW
15
SSE
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
5
NW
5
SW
20
SW
25
S
20
SE
20
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassonglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:06PM
0.94
8:33AM
0.90
9:38PM
0.89
10:30AM
0.87
11:35PM
0.93
12:11PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:12AM
0.56
2:59PM
0.56
4:09AM
0.60
5:00PM
0.56
5:56AM
0.54
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise-----7:03-------7:03-------7:05--
Sunset7:23-------7:22-------7:22-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C312628262627303229272422222326262424232323232525
Feels °C (?)302729262827303025262422222527252223202323222423
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