Thompsons Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.53° S 31.22° E

Thompsons Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Thompsons Bay sea temperature is
20.3°C
1.1° 

Thompsons Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Thompsons Bay today (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Thompsons Bay at 1AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)8ft (2.4m)10s
Afternoon (05 Sep)7ft (2.1m)9s
Evening (05 Sep)5ft (1.6m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun night, min 16°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Fri night, calm by Sun afternoon).

Fri
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
S
9
3
S
10
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.4
SSE
10
2.2
SSE
9
2.1
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.2
E
10
1.2
E
10
1.1
E
9
1.1
E
9
1
S
11
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
11
0.7
SSW
22
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1533
1725
1685
1814
1329
1077
830
707
537
405
344
290
262
202
194
238
191
187
498
Wind (km/h)
35
S
30
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
10
E
15
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNW
5
NW
5
E
5
E
5
E
10
ENE
10
E
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:09PM1.32m
8:54AM1.15m
10:29PM1.18m
12:09PM1.17m
Low Tide
2:38AM0.68m
3:21PM0.74m
5:23AM0.74m
6:26PM0.71m
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
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cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:40
5:42
5:42
 mm
2
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
17
16
18
17
18
18
18
Feels °C
13
13
14
15
16
16
15
15
16
17
17
18
16
15
18
17
19
17
17
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