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Thompsons Bay surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 25 Nov 2025 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
22.6° C
 (Which is 1.0°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: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (25 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)17s
Evening (25 Nov)2ft (0.6m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSE
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.4
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)1010101010991615151417161615141413131212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)356279234190151142155191234225213116013641281100571450037229420515214740491
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
S
15
SE
10
E
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
15
N
15
NNE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
5
N
5
WSW
5
NW
5
WNW
15
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
SSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:02AM
1.50
6:10PM
1.49
6:46AM
1.42
6:54PM
1.39
7:43AM
1.36
7:56PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:49PM
0.32
12:04PM
0.46
12:28AM
0.40
12:49PM
0.57
1:17AM
0.49
1:52PM
0.66
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Sunrise--4:48-------4:48-------4:48-----
Sunset------6:35-------6:36-------6:37-
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
1----------------------2
Temp. °C202019202021212120192023252524222322222324242424
Feels °C (?)191919202020212120192023242525252725252422232425
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