Thicklip surf break

Thicklip surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 11 Feb 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
19.5° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Thicklip today?

The current surf forecast for Thicklip at 8AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (11 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (11 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)8888816169988881515151414914149913
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7058585557868688888273584971717157102102136127141138431
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
WNW
5
W
0
WNW
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
5
WSW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
NW
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:44PM
0.95
11:16AM
0.95
12:21AM
1.00
12:42PM
1.01
1:20AM
1.09
1:35PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:57AM
0.62
5:42PM
0.54
6:26AM
0.56
6:49PM
0.47
7:21AM
0.47
7:35PM
0.38
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise---6:48-------6:48-------6:48----
Sunset------7:43-------7:43-------7:42-
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717171818181817171717181818171717171718181717
Feels °C (?)181818191817161818171718181717171717181818161515
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