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Skeleton Bay surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 03 Feb 2026 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
16.0° C
 (Which is 2.3°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 2PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 03). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)1ft (0.3m)16s
Afternoon (03 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (03 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s

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

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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)121616121111151010101011131312101212111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)37403948438063876767102110286273126113240232217180213150147145
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
20
NW
10
NW
15
S
20
S
15
S
5
SW
5
E
5
N
10
WNW
10
S
20
W
15
SSW
15
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
5
SSE
10
SSW
20
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:40PM
1.47
4:54AM
1.57
5:17PM
1.42
5:28AM
1.52
5:53PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
0.02
10:36PM
0.10
11:04AM
0.06
11:10PM
0.16
11:40AM
0.12
11:44PM
0.24
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Fri
06
Sunrise-6:35-------6:37-------6:37------
Sunset----7:51-------7:50-------7:50---
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192121192119201920212321221919201919192122221921
Feels °C (?)151818182017191920212220211819181820201919201720
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