Thompsons Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.53° S 31.22° E

Thompsons Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 25 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Thompsons Bay sea temperature is
22.7° C
1.1° 

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 (25 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Thompsons Bay at 5PM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Jul)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (25 Jul)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (25 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 20°C on Mon afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the SSW by Tue morning).

Sat
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
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
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
SSE
10
1.8
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.6
SSE
10
1.5
SSE
9
0.9
SSW
14
1.4
SE
9
1
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
13
0.5
S
17
0.6
S
16
0.6
SSW
12
1.8
NE
6
1.6
NE
6
1.4
NE
6
0.5
S
14
0.4
SSW
13
1.5
SSW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
567
567
539
528
495
434
395
353
312
372
307
289
155
198
115
236
202
149
97
70
108
Wind (km/h)
10
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
W
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
20
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
5
NNW
5
SE
5
E
25
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
off
off
off
off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
1:42PM1.22m
1:58AM1.34m
2:30PM1.34m
2:40AM1.46m
3:06PM1.47m
Low Tide
7:40PM0.66m
8:16AM0.54m
8:28PM0.54m
8:54AM0.41m
9:05PM0.43m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:19
5:19
5:20
 mm
1
Temp °C
18
19
18
17
17
16
15
15
18
19
19
17
15
15
14
15
18
20
19
20
20
Feels °C
15
16
16
17
16
15
13
13
15
14
15
14
12
12
11
13
16
18
15
16
16
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