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Thompsons Bay surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 26 Nov 2025 SAST
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Thompsons Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Thompsons Bay sea temperature is
23.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thompsons Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Thompsons Bay at 9AM is: 1.5m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 1.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)5ft (1.5m)17s
Afternoon (26 Nov)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (26 Nov)4ft (1.2m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sat
29
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
1.4
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
1
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
2.1
NE
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)18171616151414131312121212111111111010109777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)221116013641281100571449237228920819514714012125985826973120133393256306
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
NNE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
5
N
5
W
5
NW
5
NW
15
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
W
10
W
5
NNW
20
ENE
30
ENE
40
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:46AM
1.42
6:54PM
1.39
7:43AM
1.36
7:56PM
1.29
9:03AM
1.33
9:28PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:49PM
0.57
1:17AM
0.49
1:52PM
0.66
2:22AM
0.57
3:22PM
0.70
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sat
29
Sunrise4:48-------4:48-------4:47-------
Sunset----6:36-------6:37-------6:37---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192225252423232323242424242423232325272525252423
Feels °C (?)192224262626252423242324242524252527272422222222
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