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Thompsons Bay surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 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
23.9° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thompsons Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Thompsons Bay at 12PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (07 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
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)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
4
2
0
0
0
1
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
SSW
2
S
2.3
S
2.3
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
1.7
S
1.4
SSW
1.3
S
2.4
ENE
2.5
NE
2.1
NE
1.1
S
1.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
S
2
S
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)161514138121315151414131277711116888714
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)81121154192572161718622474237218041162700522515679444289455399943866653422407
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
SSW
25
S
35
S
25
S
15
S
10
S
5
S
5
N
20
NNE
30
ENE
40
ENE
35
ENE
15
NE
5
N
15
SW
15
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrossglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:14AM
1.79
6:20PM
1.65
6:51AM
1.70
6:54PM
1.54
7:28AM
1.59
7:30PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:18PM
0.28
12:29AM
0.17
12:55PM
0.38
1:03AM
0.29
1:34PM
0.50
1:40AM
0.42
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise-5:01-------5:03-------5:03------
Sunset----6:59-------6:59-------6:59---
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
------11------------111-
Temp. °C232525242423222121232525252523232325252322212222
Feels °C (?)222324212223242323222221222726252424232019182122
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