Thicklip surf break

Thicklip surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 20 Jan 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
16.3° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Thicklip today?

The current surf forecast for Thicklip at 1PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (20 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (20 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)111110101010101010101010101010101010121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29228628124424020419613913911311313817012011511512974167167167164155145
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
N
15
NW
15
WNW
15
W
5
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
S
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
onononglasscross-
on
glassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50PM
1.39
5:04AM
1.50
5:26PM
1.38
5:38AM
1.49
6:03PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:36AM
0.16
10:42PM
0.18
11:10AM
0.15
11:15PM
0.21
11:45AM
0.15
11:50PM
0.26
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise-6:33-------6:33-------6:33------
Sunset----7:51-------7:51-------7:51---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161618181817171717171818181818181818191919181818
Feels °C (?)161517161717171717171717172019191920191819191919
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