Thompsons Bay surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
25.7° 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 8AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (19 Feb)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.4
SSW
0.7
SE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)1212111111101010109999914899899999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)129410187456685614693803253122362211991159373685555515557585860
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
15
SE
15
ESE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
WSW
5
W
5
WSW
0
NE
20
E
20
E
10
E
10
NE
5
ESE
10
W
5
NW
10
N
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassononcrosscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoncross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:56AM
2.01
5:05PM
1.92
5:25AM
2.02
5:34PM
1.88
5:54AM
1.97
6:04PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:42PM
-0.07
11:02AM
0.01
11:10PM
-0.08
11:31AM
0.02
11:39PM
-0.04
12:02PM
0.09
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---5:37-------5:39-------5:39----
Sunset------6:37-------6:37-------6:36-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232222242727272524232325272726252524232527272625
Feels °C (?)272525262929302929272730292729283026252727272727
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