Thompsons Bay Surf Forecast

/ KZN North (23 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (29.53° S 31.22° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Thompsons Bay surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 01 Jun 2026 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 22.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thompsons Bay today (01 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Jun, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 14s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Jun, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Jun, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Thompsons Bay at 6PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm June 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Jun)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s
Afternoon (01 Jun)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Evening (01 Jun)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Tue afternoon, min 17°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.
	Mon 1					Tuesday 2								Wednesday 3								Thu 4
	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	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SE 8	SE 8	SSW 16	SSW 16	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	S 11
Wave Graph
kJ	57	37	50	83	81	38	38	37	36	36	35	39	38	37	37	36	36	53	53	64	64	46	137	242
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	NE	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	ENE	ENE	NE	NNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	W	SSW	SSE	E	N	N	NNW	W	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			4:21PM1.63m				4:31AM1.67m				4:54PM1.61m					5:02AM1.64m				5:27PM1.58m				5:35AM1.59m
Low Tide	10:11AM0.21m				10:22PM0.28m				10:42AM0.22m				10:54PM0.32m					11:15AM0.25m				11:28PM0.37m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:43	—
	—	—	5:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:02	—	—	—	—	5:02
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	22	21	20	18	17	17	18	22	23	22	20	20	19	19	19	22	22	21	20	19	18	17	18
Feels °C	20	20	20	21	19	17	16	17	20	21	21	20	19	16	17	18	22	22	22	21	19	19	17	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ENE 4	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 9	ENE 5	ENE 5	E 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	S 11
kJ	50	37	36	35	35	11	38	37	36	36	35	39	14	15	37	36	36	53	53	64	64	46	137	242
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ENE 4	E 9	E 8	ENE 5	ENE 5	SE 7	SSW 11	SSW 4	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 11	SSW 10	ENE 6
kJ	35	37	39	39	39	38	27	19	19	19	19	7	38	37	10	4	12	12	6	34	60	40	115	41
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	SE 7	ENE 4	ENE 4	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SSW 13	ENE 5	SSW 13	SSW 11	SSW 5	SSW 6	SSW 15	SSW 14	E 8
kJ	57	28	50	83	81	34	8	7	36	34	34	19	13	8	8	33	2	18	25	4	6	42	63	63
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 4	ENE 3	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	ENE 4	NE 4	ENE 3	NE 4	NE 5	SW 2	SSW 3	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 4	—	NE 4	NE 2	NE 4	NE 5	—
kJ	1	4	11	10	12	27	18	15	3	5	4	19	23	1	7	10	5	6	—	1	1	11	111	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Salt Rock KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Sunrise KZN North	Sunrise KZN North	Salt Rock KZN North	Sunrise KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Blythedale KZN North
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	42	42	42	0	0	1	1	1	42	42	42	1	1	6	6	1	6	93	42	0	0	0	0	19
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast	Richards Bay (Outside)			Siyayi	St Lucia	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)			Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Mapelane	Alkantstrand		Richards Bay (Outside)	Sodwana	Sodwana	Umhlanga	Mtunzini
Rating (10 max)	1			2	2	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Vredenberg Point West Coast	Hout Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hout Bay Cape Town	Hout Bay Cape Town	Hout Bay Cape Town	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Santos Reef Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Whacky Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	1	4	2	4	4	4	2	2	4	2	1	4	4	5	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	7	9	5	5	4	4	4	6	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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