Thompsons Bay surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 11 Feb 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
26.0° 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 12PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (11 Feb)7ft (2.2m)7s
Evening (11 Feb)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.5
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.2
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
SSW
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.2
ENE
1.5
ENE
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)77678888881288888888888614
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)217121172395725824568557280202393127127133140113136108105105130197160261
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NE
30
ENE
40
ENE
40
NE
10
NE
10
NW
5
NW
10
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
S
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SE
15
E
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossoffglasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
crossoncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:45AM
1.09
12:36AM
1.02
1:17PM
1.15
2:04AM
1.18
2:11PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:46AM
0.80
5:21PM
0.85
6:34AM
0.85
7:51PM
0.72
8:00AM
0.70
8:28PM
0.54
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
Sunrise-5:31-------5:33-------5:33------
Sunset----6:45-------6:45-------6:44---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------1-211------
Temp. °C232530302827252524262726262424242425272727262424
Feels °C (?)262728272530293027262624262626272728292828272527
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