Thompsons Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.53° S 31.22° E

Thompsons Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Thompsons Bay sea temperature is
21.3°C
0.3° 

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 (23 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 15s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Thompsons Bay at 12PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Sep)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (23 Sep)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (23 Sep)2ft (0.6m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Wed night, min 20°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
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)
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
E
9
0.5
S
15
0.6
S
15
1.2
E
8
1.3
ENE
6
0.6
S
13
0.6
S
13
0.9
E
8
0.6
S
12
0.8
SE
10
0.8
SE
10
0.8
SE
9
0.8
SE
9
0.8
SE
9
0.7
SE
9
0.5
S
16
0.7
SSW
16
0.8
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
13
1.8
ENE
7
1.7
ENE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
96
110
157
200
115
125
121
107
98
138
133
122
99
97
78
134
256
292
346
326
295
306
301
Wind (km/h)
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
WSW
15
W
5
E
5
NW
5
SW
10
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
S
10
SW
5
W
5
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
2:20PM1.56m
2:27AM1.59m
2:45PM1.74m
2:54AM1.73m
3:11PM1.88m
Low Tide
8:06AM0.41m
8:25PM0.38m
8:32AM0.25m
8:51PM0.23m
8:57AM0.11m
9:18PM0.10m
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:43
5:43
5:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:51
5:52
5:52
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
18
20
24
25
24
26
23
22
22
22
23
23
22
21
21
21
20
22
25
24
23
23
21
Feels °C
17
20
23
25
23
25
24
23
23
23
22
23
24
23
23
23
21
22
24
23
23
24
21
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