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Thicklip surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 12 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
17.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thicklip today?

The current surf forecast for Thicklip at 2PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (12 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (12 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
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
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
3
1
1
0
2
3
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
WSW
0.4
WSW
0.7
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121219181817161616161514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)63871118783777574737271140128270340417620768749674647638538373
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
W
10
SSW
15
SSE
5
W
5
NW
0
NW
5
SSE
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
5
S
5
NE
5
W
5
SW
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
5
S
0
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		glasscross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on		glassononcross-
on		crossglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
0.92
11:37PM
0.97
12:11PM
0.98
12:44AM
1.08
1:06PM
1.10
1:25AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:02PM
0.59
5:57AM
0.58
6:19PM
0.52
6:54AM
0.47
7:06PM
0.42
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise-7:01-------7:01-------7:03------
Sunset----7:20-------7:19-------7:19---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222126232224272524252724222325252220222120202020
Feels °C (?)222126232324282625252622212426262321222119212219
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