Thicklip surf break

Thicklip surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 21 Mar 2026 CAT
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Thicklip surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Thicklip sea temperature is
20.1° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thicklip today?

The current surf forecast for Thicklip at 10AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (21 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (21 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)1413889101010101010101010999881010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18613811316022026927524525024522018418117717314116298102192188188192208
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
10
W
20
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
S
10
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:48AM
1.60
5:17PM
1.52
5:28AM
1.52
5:59PM
1.43
6:13AM
1.41
6:47PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:30PM
0.09
10:53AM
-0.02
11:08PM
0.13
11:32AM
0.06
11:50PM
0.21
12:17PM
0.18
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---7:05-------7:05-------7:05----
Sunset------7:12-------7:10-------7:09-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181716161818181716161616181818171717171718181818
Feels °C (?)161616171816151617171717181615161818181818171717
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