Skeleton Bay Surf Forecast

/ Swakopmund (15 surf breaks) /

Namibia (15 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (25.92° S 14.90° E)

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Skeleton Bay surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 15 Sep 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 13.1° C
(Which is 1.4°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: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CAT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	14s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	13s
Evening (16 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	13s

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

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	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1635	1527	1355	1300	1200	1134	920	955	669	1100	1227	1125	982	931	840	667	524	389	229	233	169	116	46	45
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			10:43PM 1.06					11:33AM 1.10				12:11AM 1.13				12:40PM 1.21				1:09AM 1.23				1:26PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)	4:21PM 0.51					5:13AM 0.47				5:56PM 0.43				6:25AM 0.39				6:56PM 0.32				7:14AM 0.31

	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-
Sunset	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	14	14	13	14	20	19	17	14	13	13	13	14	19	18	17	14	14	14	12	13	18	19
Feels °C (?)	11	10	10	10	8	9	13	11	10	8	8	8	8	9	13	10	9	7	8	8	6	7	11	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Swakopmund

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Skeleton Bay (calm at Lüderitz Airport 90 km from Skeleton Bay). A 1.5m groundswell from the WSW
2 hours 5 minutes ago Skeleton Bay

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