Thicklip surf break

Thicklip surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 24 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 9PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (24 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
WSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.3
WNW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)91212121213131313131212121218181811111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5896957375826161106585553514961616131414277103121268
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
S
10
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:20AM
1.19
9:16PM
1.10
9:51AM
1.10
10:56PM
1.09
11:36AM
1.12
12:24AM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:37PM
0.40
3:19AM
0.52
4:20PM
0.46
5:15AM
0.50
6:00PM
0.42
6:40AM
0.39
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:56-------6:56
Sunset--7:34-------7:32-------7:32-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192020191919191920202019181818181919191817171717
Feels °C (?)201919181919192019181717171817171716161617171818
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