Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.53° S 31.22° E

Thompsons Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Thompsons Bay sea temperature is
21.8°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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Thompsons Bay at 4PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (04 Oct)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (04 Oct)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 25°C on Tue morning, min 18°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Mon morning, strong winds from the SSW by Tue night).

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
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
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
E
9
1.6
E
10
1.6
E
10
1.6
E
10
1.6
E
10
1.6
E
10
1.6
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.5
E
10
1.5
E
9
1.6
E
9
1.7
E
9
1.8
E
9
1.8
E
9
1.8
E
9
1.8
E
9
1.8
E
9
1.7
E
9
1.7
E
9
2
E
9
2.2
E
10
1.9
E
10
1.7
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
392
453
482
492
494
494
484
417
414
388
440
484
544
544
544
544
544
486
481
700
891
654
546
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
20
SSW
25
S
15
SSE
15
S
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NW
5
N
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
20
ENE
25
ENE
10
ENE
45
SSW
45
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
9:20AM1.15m
10:49PM1.14m
12:13PM1.26m
00:44AM1.28m
1:18PM1.47m
Low Tide
2:29AM0.70m
3:55PM0.79m
5:26AM0.72m
6:36PM0.67m
6:55AM0.54m
7:34PM0.48m
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clear
clear
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light rain
light rain
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Temp °C
20
20
22
21
21
20
19
18
18
20
23
23
22
21
20
19
19
22
25
25
23
20
19
Feels °C
20
18
19
19
20
21
20
18
18
20
21
20
21
22
21
20
20
22
24
24
25
14
12
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