Thicklip surf break

Thicklip surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 23 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
20.5° C
(Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Thicklip today?

The current surf forecast for Thicklip at 5AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (23 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (23 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
0.6
WSW
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
Period(s) (?)111110101010109999991212121213131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1231031108865646159636362625896957375826161106585553
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
SW
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
WNW
0
E
0
E
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
5
S
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
SW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:17AM
1.31
8:00PM
1.19
8:20AM
1.19
9:16PM
1.10
9:51AM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:52AM
0.34
1:27PM
0.29
1:50AM
0.44
2:37PM
0.40
3:19AM
0.52
4:20PM
0.46
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---6:54-------6:54-------6:54----
Sunset------7:35-------7:34-------7:32-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818181819191818181818191919181919181820202019
Feels °C (?)181819201718181820202020191818182020181920181717
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