Thicklip surf break

Thicklip surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 06 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
16.4° 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 3AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (07 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (07 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)1211111111101010101111108910101011111111121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16415517617219418417717312713411075132192204245265292278246250264273247
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
SW
25
SW
15
SSW
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
10
W
15
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
0
W
5
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
15
WNW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:33PM
1.41
5:40AM
1.42
6:04PM
1.31
6:11AM
1.30
6:36PM
1.21
6:44AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:21PM
0.22
11:42AM
0.18
11:52PM
0.30
12:14PM
0.28
12:26AM
0.39
12:49PM
0.39
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise-----7:00-------7:00-------7:01--
Sunset7:25-------7:24-------7:23-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191919191818191818181717171618181817191819192222
Feels °C (?)161718181718181615171717171618161717201819202122
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