Thompsons Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.53° S 31.22° E

Issued: 1 am 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Thompsons Bay sea temperature is

22.7°C

Thompsons Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Thompsons Bay today (01 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Thompsons Bay at 10AM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s
Afternoon (01 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	7s
Evening (01 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 37mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Sun morning, min 20°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Sun morning, calm by Tue night).
	Sunday 1								Monday 2								Tuesday 3
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SSW 5	SE 10	S 5	S 6	S 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 6	E 10	E 10	ESE 10	E 6	ENE 5	ENE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	325	432	177	132	108	84	80	77	82	72	99	123	154	148	183	92	100	100	127	125	399	160	94	198
Wind (km/h)	NNE	W	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSW	SSE	ESE	ESE	E	NE	ENE	NE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide			7:39AM1.35m					8:06PM1.24m				9:32AM1.27m				10:20PM1.17m					11:33AM1.34m
Low Tide	1:11AM0.49m				1:52PM0.65m					2:33AM0.63m				4:01PM0.75m				4:40AM0.65m					6:03PM0.66m


	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	1	2	2	1	1	1	11	2	1	2	4	2	1	1	1	1	—
Temp °C	20	19	23	23	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	22	22
Feels °C	19	20	23	20	21	22	22	20	20	20	20	20	19	21	21	21	22	21	21	22	21	21	22	24
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	S 6	S 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	ESE 6	E 9
kJ	35	242	177	132	108	84	79	62	64	47	60	40	154	148	183	39	100	100	127	125	19	31	80	63
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 12	SE 8	ESE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	E 7	E 10	SE 9	S 6	S 6	E 10	SE 9	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 10	S 6	—	E 9	SSW 9
kJ	14	25	68	80	79	80	80	77	48	35	34	123	22	18	17	92	3	9	9	20	7	—	64	27
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SE 11	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	SE 10	E 10	SE 10	SSW 14	SE 5	SSE 6	S 6	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	NNE 6	—	—	SSW 9	S 17
kJ	—	29	13	12	23	3	10	21	33	47	52	23	19	14	12	17	15	14	12	3	—	—	28	23
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	NE 7	—	SSW 3	S 4	SSW 4	SSW 5	SSW 5	S 5	S 6	S 6	SE 5	S 6	—	ESE 5	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	SE 6	ESE 10	E 6	ENE 5	ENE 6
kJ	325	432	—	2	18	40	78	69	82	72	99	14	31	—	74	13	82	98	112	102	399	160	94	198
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mtunzini KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Sunrise KZN North	Zinkwazi KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	St Lucia KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Thompsons Bay KZN North
Rating (10 max)	3	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1
Distance (km)	69	0	19	116	118	93	39	118	118	39	39	118	82	42	42	6	42	118	172	174	42	42	42	0
Best forecast wave conditions in KwaZulu-Natal North Coast		Umhlanga	Mtunzini	Alkantstrand	Alkantstrand	St Lucia	Mapelane	Sodwana	Kosi Bay	Cape Vidal	Mtunzini	Alkantstrand	Alkantstrand	Mapelane	Alkantstrand	Richards Bay (Outside)	Richards Bay (Outside)	Cape Vidal	Kosi Bay	Cape Vidal				Umhlanga
Rating (10 max)		3	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2				2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Warner Beach Durban/KZN South	Paranoia Overberg	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4

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