Thicklip surf break

Thicklip surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 09 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
17.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Thicklip today?

The current surf forecast for Thicklip at 9AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (09 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (09 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
Period(s) (?)111111121212121212121212111111111111111111101515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27824623326424320518018014414223216113012379797957579276545454
Wind
(km/h)
0
W
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
10
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
10
NNW
0
E
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNW
20
SW
20
SW
20
S
10
SSW
5
SE
0
NNE
15
NE
10
NNE
20
WSW
25
SW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:44AM
1.18
7:12PM
1.09
7:25AM
1.06
8:03PM
0.99
8:29AM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:26AM
0.39
12:49PM
0.39
1:06AM
0.49
1:35PM
0.50
2:06AM
0.59
2:57PM
0.59
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise---7:01-------7:01-------7:01----
Sunset------7:22-------7:22-------7:21-
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182019192422222427303131333125273028283233312728
Feels °C (?)192019202420212428292829322923253028293032282426
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