Thicklip surf break

Thicklip surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 06 Apr 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
18.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thicklip today?

The current surf forecast for Thicklip at 8PM is: 1.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)17s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (06 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)15s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)171615151414141313131313131212121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)470411525856833821787690680609609535405386330282278236232220209147147150
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
0
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
N
5
NNW
5
W
10
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
NW
5
SW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:02PM
1.21
6:15AM
1.16
6:40PM
1.12
6:58AM
1.05
7:30PM
1.03
8:00AM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
0.29
11:57PM
0.37
12:15PM
0.39
12:38AM
0.47
12:59PM
0.49
1:37AM
0.56
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-------7:11-------7:11-------7:11
Sunset--6:57-------6:55-------6:54-----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
------------1-------11-1
Temp. °C151516161615151517171617181717171818181918192019
Feels °C (?)141313141514151517151416191817181817171919202120
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