Thicklip Surf Forecast

/ Swakopmund (15 surf breaks) /

Namibia (15 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Thicklip surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 15.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Thicklip today?

The current surf forecast for Thicklip at 5AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (CAT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	10s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Evening (18 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s

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

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		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	422	406	361	302	290	127	246	188	90	100	195	185	142	140	191	163	132	122	100	79	79	113	59	85
Wind (km/h)	SSW	WSW	W	NW	W	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	WSW	WNW	W	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	glass	on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:18AM 1.26				1:35PM 1.35					2:02AM 1.36				2:14PM 1.44				2:40AM 1.43				2:48PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)				7:22AM 0.32				7:48PM 0.21				8:00AM 0.25					8:23PM 0.14				8:33AM 0.20

		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	15	14
Feels °C (?)	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	9	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	11	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Swakopmund

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Thicklip (light winds from the NW at Swakopmund 1 km from Thicklip). 1.3m 11s groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.
35 minutes ago Thicklip

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Actual: 35 min ago

6 km/h

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