Thompsons Bay Surf Forecast

/ KZN North (23 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (29.53° S 31.22° E)

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Thompsons Bay surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 15 Sep 2025 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 21.3° 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 11PM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (15 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	14s
Evening (15 Sep)	7ft (2.2m)	7s

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

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	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
	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)	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	3	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	NE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	14	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	531	941	513	409	405	418	397	467	543	5942	18234	5511	4052	2643	1867	1704	1653	1665	1575	1599	1402	1455	1418	1423
Wind (km/h)	NE	W	NW	NW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	ESE	E	NE	NNE	NNE	N	WSW	S	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	glass	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			10:15PM 1.12					12:15PM 1.15				12:57AM 1.22				1:36PM 1.35				1:52AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	3:05PM 0.78					5:14AM 0.78				6:42PM 0.75				7:17AM 0.62				7:49PM 0.57					8:02AM 0.43

	Monday 15			Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17								Thursday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	23	23	23	21	21	22	22	21	19	18	18	17	17	18	19	18	18	19	18	16	18	20	20
Feels °C (?)	23	25	22	20	18	17	20	18	16	14	14	13	12	14	15	16	15	16	17	16	14	19	17	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Thompsons Bay (calm at Durban Shaka Airport 14 km from Thompsons Bay). 1.8m 6s windswell from the ENE with a 1.4m 6s windswell, also from the ENE and a 1.1m 13s groundswell, also from the SSW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 28 minutes ago Thompsons Bay

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