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Thompsons Bay surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 20 Jan 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
24.3° C
 (Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thompsons Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Thompsons Bay at 12PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (20 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (20 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
2
ENE
2
NE
1.3
ENE
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)101010131312121313131399121213131313127886
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)192153181316331301221252260264260232222178184206161158161170406453215300
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
ESE
20
E
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
10
NE
20
WSW
10
NNW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossoncross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		offcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:48AM
1.80
4:55PM
1.82
5:18AM
1.84
5:24PM
1.82
5:48AM
1.86
5:54PM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:49AM
0.17
11:04PM
0.04
11:20AM
0.16
11:33PM
0.03
11:52AM
0.17
12:03AM
0.07
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise-5:13-------5:13-------5:15------
Sunset----6:58-------6:57-------6:57---
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-1----22----------------
Temp. °C212223242422212121212223232220191922262725252324
Feels °C (?)202020212220201921212121202017171822252627242421
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