Thompsons Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.53° S 31.22° E

Thompsons Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Thompsons Bay sea temperature is
22.0° C
0.1° 

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 (10 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 15s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 15s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 14s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Thompsons Bay at 1AM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)6.5ft (2.0m)15s
Afternoon (10 Jul)8ft (2.4m)15s
Evening (10 Jul)7ft (2.2m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 17°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
2
1
2
2
2
3
1
0
1
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SSW
14
1.6
SSW
13
1.5
S
13
1.5
S
13
1.6
S
14
1.9
S
15
2.3
S
15
2.4
S
15
2.4
S
14
2.2
S
14
2.1
S
14
2
S
14
1.9
S
13
1.8
S
13
1.8
S
13
1.7
S
13
1.7
S
13
1.8
S
13
1.9
S
13
1.6
S
13
1.5
S
13
1.4
S
12
1.4
S
12
1.3
S
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1016
958
787
787
1048
1676
2405
2547
2412
1949
1705
1483
1283
1138
1103
941
1001
1138
1215
865
740
603
584
488
Wind (km/h)
15
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
15
S
10
S
5
WSW
5
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
20
SSW
20
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:09PM1.43m
11:55AM1.27m
00:36AM1.48m
1:17PM1.37m
1:46AM1.58m
Low Tide
4:26PM0.56m
5:42AM0.57m
5:58PM0.54m
7:03AM0.48m
7:19PM0.45m
8:06AM0.35m
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clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:48
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:09
5:10
5:10
5:12
 mm
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
20
19
19
18
17
17
20
20
20
19
18
18
17
17
19
19
19
19
18
18
17
17
19
19
Feels °C
19
19
19
18
17
17
20
18
19
18
18
18
16
16
18
17
18
19
18
18
17
16
16
16
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