Thicklip surf break

Thicklip surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 01 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
18.3° C
(Which is 1.4°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: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (01 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (01 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
2
3
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.7
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)61114141511151413131414141413131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)494334537711211010388144147153162228215257286336374535527535424424
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
S
10
SW
5
WSW
5
W
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
5
W
15
WNW
0
NW
0
ENE
10
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crossononglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:03AM
1.54
3:30PM
1.51
3:36AM
1.54
4:01PM
1.50
4:07AM
1.50
4:31PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:49PM
0.18
9:08AM
0.04
9:20PM
0.16
9:38AM
0.04
9:50PM
0.16
10:07AM
0.07
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise---7:09-------7:09-------7:09----
Sunset------7:00-------7:00-------7:00-
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2------11121------------
Temp. °C181719182118192022191818192018202017171920192019
Feels °C (?)181719192217171923201818202017192116192120171818
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