Thompsons Bay surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 01 Mar 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
26.2° 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 6AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (01 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
NE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)888121212121212166788881414141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5852912371901901501761611725543378111118935765583183514721163894659419308236
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
SSW
15
SW
5
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
25
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
NNE
20
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:50AM
1.63
3:03PM
1.67
3:24AM
1.81
3:35PM
1.79
3:55AM
1.93
4:05PM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:36PM
0.34
8:58AM
0.30
9:10PM
0.17
9:31AM
0.16
9:40PM
0.04
10:01AM
0.07
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise---5:45-------5:46-------5:47----
Sunset------6:28-------6:27-------6:25-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------111221------------
Temp. °C292624252727262423232019202221222120202123232322
Feels °C (?)292726282929292624221714141716181918192120191919
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