Skeleton Bay surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 30 Jul 2025 CAT
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Skeleton Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Skeleton Bay sea temperature is
12.4° C
(Which is 2.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Skeleton Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Skeleton Bay at 12AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jul)4ft (1.2m)16s
Afternoon (31 Jul)7ft (2.1m)15s
Evening (31 Jul)8ft (2.5m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
30
Thursday
31
Friday
01
Saturday
02
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
1
SW
0.7
SW
1
SW
1.5
SW
1.9
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121716161514141515141414141414151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)342283322420491765129717932247238331093466713267375814530149934856446742093695327329872463
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
40
S
45
S
40
S
35
SSE
25
SSE
15
SE
15
E
10
NE
10
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
E
15
ENE
20
NE
10
ENE
15
N
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:58PM
1.26
7:31AM
1.10
7:38PM
1.16
8:19AM
1.02
8:29PM
1.06
9:25AM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:17AM
0.36
1:21PM
0.48
2:04AM
0.44
2:13PM
0.56
3:05AM
0.50
Wednesday
30
Thursday
31
Friday
01
Saturday
02
Sunrise-----7:39-------7:39-------7:37--
Sunset6:32-------6:32-------6:34-------
part cloudclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121213131213161816131316191926262324262524243029
Feels °C (?)10101099991085610141422221819222019202524
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Swakopmund

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Skeleton Bay (calm at Lüderitz Airport 90 km from Skeleton Bay). 1.0m 12s groundswell from the SW with a 0.4m 15s groundswell, also from the SW and a 0.3m 4s local chop, also from the WSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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