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Thompsons Bay surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 27 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
24.1° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 7AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (27 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (27 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
ENE
2.5
NE
2.2
NE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
E
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.3
SSW
0.8
E
0.5
SSW
1
E
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.1
E
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)777777131377712712766661414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)56862752119113210099938581814436686106128139170100158154163158156
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNE
5
WSW
15
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
5
NNW
10
NNE
5
WSW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:40PM
1.28
9:35AM
1.37
10:22PM
1.16
11:37AM
1.31
12:41AM
1.21
1:21PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:53AM
0.55
4:09PM
0.67
4:37AM
0.66
6:18PM
0.66
6:47AM
0.62
7:47PM
0.51
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise---5:18-------5:20-------5:20----
Sunset------6:54-------6:54-------6:53-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C242325262726262524252425262726252423232425262524
Feels °C (?)232627262727272827292728282827272826272625272727
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