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Thompsons Bay surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 18 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
24.5° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 5AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (18 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (18 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
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)
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
2.4
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)101010106889889910101010101010109131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)340345345402475119014731342958671374337276201154159162196188146140155162297
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NNE
5
N
35
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
25
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SW
10
W
10
SW
15
SW
20
S
25
S
30
S
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
1.62
3:56PM
1.72
4:19AM
1.72
4:25PM
1.78
4:48AM
1.80
4:55PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:37PM
0.25
9:48AM
0.29
10:07PM
0.15
10:19AM
0.22
10:35PM
0.08
10:49AM
0.17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise---5:11-------5:11-------5:13----
Sunset------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
light rain
Rain (mm)
------11-11-1----------1
Temp. °C232323242223232222202020212222222121212224242422
Feels °C (?)262426211618181718171819212121222121212122212119
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