Thicklip surf break

Thicklip surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 18 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
19.5° C
(Which is 2.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thicklip today?

The current surf forecast for Thicklip at 3PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Afternoon (18 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (18 Mar)1ft (0.3m)16s

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


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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.7
SW
1.2
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121216161514141413131313131316151514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6668686866494848737269621381131068310487110217606206186175
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
S
10
SW
15
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
W
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
15
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:27PM
1.53
3:35AM
1.61
4:02PM
1.57
4:10AM
1.63
4:39PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:10AM
0.03
9:21PM
0.11
9:42AM
-0.03
9:55PM
0.08
10:17AM
-0.05
10:30PM
0.09
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise-7:03-------7:03-------7:05------
Sunset----7:15-------7:14-------7:13---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181820201918181818171919202020191918202020191817
Feels °C (?)202020201818191819192018181818181919191616161616
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