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Thompsons Bay surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 19 Dec 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
23.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Thompsons Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Thompsons Bay at 6AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (19 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (19 Dec)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.5
ENE
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)109912121111121291111111116171616161514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18421521532731618835438738337529524023518432474510941195999795642500384298
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
25
NNE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
10
N
5
NW
5
WSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
N
10
NE
15
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		crossglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:19AM
1.56
3:29PM
1.67
3:51AM
1.62
4:00PM
1.70
4:23AM
1.65
4:31PM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:08PM
0.28
9:17AM
0.32
9:40PM
0.23
9:50AM
0.28
10:11PM
0.19
10:22AM
0.26
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise--4:50-------4:50-------4:50-----
Sunset------6:52-------6:52-------6:53-
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-------------12422131--
Temp. °C212121222524242321212023232424232222222323232323
Feels °C (?)212121202222232322242225242526262625252422222222
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