Thompsons Bay surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 07 Apr 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
25.6° 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 4PM is: 1.6m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)6ft (1.8m)15s
Afternoon (07 Apr)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)5ft (1.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)161515141515141414151514141413131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2011143012251028114711479389251048124612971063893769704591498414334243235196155152
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
10
S
5
S
5
NNW
5
N
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
20
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNE
15
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
N
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:54AM
1.60
6:09PM
1.48
6:19AM
1.45
6:38PM
1.33
6:49AM
1.30
7:19PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:05PM
0.35
12:13AM
0.44
12:33PM
0.49
12:42AM
0.60
1:11PM
0.64
1:26AM
0.77
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-6:07-------6:09-------6:09------
Sunset----5:45-------5:44-------5:43---
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
11111-------------------
Temp. °C212121212121202019192324232220191920252624232221
Feels °C (?)191921232322202020192121212019191920242423232423
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