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Thicklip surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 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
17.1° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Thicklip today?

The current surf forecast for Thicklip at 8AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

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
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
2
2
0
1
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
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
Period(s) (?)151413131313131212121212121918181716161616151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)544863871118783777574737271140128270340417620768749674647691
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
NW
15
N
10
NNW
15
NW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSE
5
SE
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
SSE
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
5
S
0
SSE
5
WNW
5
SW
10
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		glassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:36PM
0.93
10:27AM
0.92
11:37PM
0.97
12:11PM
0.98
12:44AM
1.08
1:06PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:08AM
0.64
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
Sunrise---7:01-------7:01-------7:03----
Sunset------7:20-------7:19-------7:19-
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C292421222523222427262424272423232625242222212019
Feels °C (?)282321232523222328262525262321242726252222201920
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