Thicklip Surf Forecast

/ Swakopmund (15 surf breaks) /

Namibia (15 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Thicklip surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 30 Aug 2025 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 13.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Thicklip today?

The current surf forecast for Thicklip at 11PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 19s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CAT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (30 Aug)	4.5ft (1.4m)	14s
Evening (30 Aug)	4.5ft (1.4m)	13s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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	Saturday 30			Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	2	1	2	3	3	1	0	0	2	1	2	3	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	854	796	738	733	663	653	684	684	730	762	452	691	566	550	594	681	861	898	822	788	776	797	732	711
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	SSW	S	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	S	SW	SW	N	SSW	SSW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:46PM 1.04					8:35AM 0.97				9:00PM 0.96				10:15AM 0.94				10:52PM 0.95					11:56AM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)					2:05AM 0.52				2:41PM 0.61				3:40AM 0.58				4:43PM 0.63					5:25AM 0.55

	Saturday 30			Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	11	11	11	12	14	14	15	13	15	16	15	16	20	17	16	16	19	17	16	17	20	23
Feels °C (?)	10	12	9	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	18	14	13	14	17	15	15	15	17	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Swakopmund

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Thicklip (light winds from the SSW at Swakopmund 1 km from Thicklip). 1.2m 13s groundswell from the SW with a 0.6m 6s windswell, also from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 7 minutes ago Thicklip

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1 h 7 min ago

6 km/h

SSW

Clean

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