Thicklip surf break

Thicklip surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 10 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
17.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Thicklip today?

The current surf forecast for Thicklip at 10AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 10). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (10 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (10 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.3
SW
0.3
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121211111111111116161110151515141313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)202161130977979585846467269545454486387878783777574
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
15
ENE
20
N
20
W
20
SW
15
SSE
20
NW
5
WNW
0
SE
5
N
5
NNW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
S
10
S
5
W
5
NNW
10
N
10
WNW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:25AM
1.06
8:03PM
0.99
8:29AM
0.95
9:36PM
0.93
10:27AM
0.92
11:37PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35PM
0.50
2:06AM
0.59
2:57PM
0.59
4:08AM
0.64
5:02PM
0.59
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
Sunrise-7:01-------7:01-------7:01------
Sunset----7:22-------7:21-------7:20---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C293234312627272525263029252728232222242322242624
Feels °C (?)283032292526252727273027222527242322242221232624
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