Thompsons Bay surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 05 Mar 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
26.0° 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 9AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (05 Mar)7ft (2.2m)6s
Evening (05 Mar)8ft (2.5m)7s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
NE
1.1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.3
NE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
E
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1
E
0.9
ENE
2
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
S
3.5
S
Period(s) (?)666666777777777777776889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)146121142981462815697234955132251631251029713616422010984243106316341884
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
25
ENE
40
ENE
40
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
SW
15
SSW
5
WNW
20
ENE
20
E
30
SSW
10
WNW
10
NNE
10
N
5
WNW
20
SSW
55
SSW
55
SSW
50
SSW
45
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
2.01
4:59PM
1.88
5:16AM
1.96
5:24PM
1.82
5:40AM
1.87
5:48PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:36PM
-0.06
10:56AM
0.03
11:02PM
-0.03
11:21AM
0.07
11:27PM
0.04
11:45AM
0.14
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise---5:48-------5:48-------5:48----
Sunset------6:23-------6:22-------6:22-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------121------11
Temp. °C242322253130282928262526292825232423232525242221
Feels °C (?)272624263028252727272630293024262725252518161415
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