Thompsons Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Thompsons Bay today (05 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Thompsons Bay at 8AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Jul)	6ft (1.8m)	11s
Afternoon (05 Jul)	5ft (1.5m)	12s
Evening (05 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	11s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 5								Monday 6								Tuesday 7
	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)	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	831	884	815	736	615	492	411	354	273	229	224	180	154	127	212	251	275	240	213	200	81	93	129	275
Wind (km/h)	W	WNW	NW	NE	ENE	NE	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	E	ENE	NE	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	ENE	ENE	NE	N	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-on	cross	cross	off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:33AM1.59m				7:04PM1.63m				7:11AM1.51m				7:46PM1.58m				7:57AM1.42m					8:37PM1.52m
Low Tide	00:32AM0.36m				12:45PM0.26m				1:11AM0.42m				1:23PM0.33m				1:58AM0.48m					2:08PM0.41m


	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	16	16	20	21	20	19	17	16	15	16	19	21	22	20	18	18	17	17	21	24	23	21	20
Feels °C	15	14	14	18	17	18	18	16	14	12	13	16	17	21	19	15	14	13	13	17	20	22	20	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ENE 7
kJ	831	884	815	736	615	492	411	354	273	229	224	180	154	127	80	121	113	99	86	86	33	60	46	132
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	NE 5	NE 6	ENE 6	E 11	E 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	E 10	E 10	SSW 15	SE 10
kJ	63	62	62	62	61	40	39	39	39	30	33	31	20	19	124	100	80	61	61	61	17	17	21	45
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 18	S 18	S 18	S 17	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	S 10	S 9	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	S 9	S 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 11	SSW 15	E 10	SSW 15
kJ	7	6	6	6	34	33	31	29	16	38	38	37	6	6	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	21	8	42
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 3	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	7	18	30	31	106	92	75	32	32	212	251	275	240	213	200	81	93	129	275
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Umhlanga KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Blythedale KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Umhlanga KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	25	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	19	42	25	0	0	0	0	0	42	42	37	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3			2	3	3	2	2	2		1	2	2	2	2	2				2	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	9	8	8	8	7	8	5	5	5	7	9

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