Thicklip surf break

Thicklip surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 05 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
17.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thicklip today?

The current surf forecast for Thicklip at 7AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (05 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (05 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111110101013121211111112111111111010101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1761721191199084987779184172153147150164155145172194184177173127134
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
10
W
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SE
0
SSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:37AM
1.58
5:02PM
1.48
5:09AM
1.51
5:33PM
1.41
5:40AM
1.42
6:04PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:18PM
0.12
10:40AM
0.03
10:49PM
0.16
11:11AM
0.09
11:21PM
0.22
11:42AM
0.18
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise---6:58-------6:58-------7:00----
Sunset------7:27-------7:25-------7:24-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616161717181717171717191919191919181718181817
Feels °C (?)151517171715171719191818191716171819181717161516
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