Thicklip surf break

Thicklip surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 04 Feb 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
20.6° C
(Which is 2.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Thicklip today?

The current surf forecast for Thicklip at 5AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (04 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)11111188881010109101010121011111188111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14514560455458401228465707674741346372721628686159134162
Wind
(km/h)
0
W
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
5
W
5
W
10
WNW
15
S
5
SW
10
SW
5
SW
15
SW
25
SW
15
SSW
5
WNW
10
W
5
ESE
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:06AM
1.59
5:33PM
1.46
5:42AM
1.53
6:10PM
1.38
6:17AM
1.44
6:46PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:44PM
0.12
11:12AM
0.04
11:20PM
0.18
11:48AM
0.11
11:55PM
0.26
12:24PM
0.20
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise---6:43-------6:43-------6:45----
Sunset------7:46-------7:46-------7:45-
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181918181919191920202019201919181817181819191818
Feels °C (?)201817181918202020192119211817181917202020181719
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