Thompsons Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.53° S 31.22° E

Issued: 1 am 14 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Thompsons Bay sea temperature is

21.9° 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 (14 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Thompsons Bay at 5AM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 14). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Jul)	7ft (2.1m)	9s
Afternoon (14 Jul)	7ft (2.2m)	10s
Evening (14 Jul)	7ft (2.2m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Tue morning, min 16°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	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	1	3	3	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	168	351	672	761	844	942	967	986	900	890	792	716	716	774	918	819	736	646	646	573	477	400	392	327
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	NW	NE	ENE	NE	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	E	SSE	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	W	W	S	ESE	ENE	N	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	glassy
High Tide		3:30AM1.78m				3:57PM1.79m				4:13AM1.83m				4:40PM1.87m				4:53AM1.83m					5:20PM1.90m
Low Tide				9:42AM0.11m				10:02PM0.14m				10:23AM0.03m				10:45PM0.11m					11:02AM0.01m


	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:48	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:14	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	16	16	20	20	19	18	18	17	16	17	20	20	19	19	19	20	19	19	20	20	19	19	18
Feels °C	17	15	15	19	17	17	18	18	17	15	16	19	19	19	19	19	19	17	18	19	18	19	20	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	SE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	148	351	672	761	844	942	967	986	900	890	792	716	716	774	918	819	736	646	646	573	477	400	392	327
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	E 8	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 9	SSW 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSE 9	SSW 8	SSW 8	SSW 8
kJ	168	135	78	53	52	52	33	20	19	19	18	9	9	8	8	16	17	16	8	7	16	23	53	50
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	—	—	SSW 11	S 10	S 9	S 9	—	—	—	S 12	S 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSW 9	SSW 9	S 9	S 9	S 12	SSE 9	SSE 11	SSW 15
kJ	135	108	—	—	47	17	16	16	—	—	—	3	2	5	12	11	17	8	15	14	3	8	11	22
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 3	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSW 5	S 5	SSW 5	SSW 5	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	10	10	13	12	26	17	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	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	Bog Bay KZN North	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Sunrise KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Thompsons Bay KZN North	Thompsons Bay KZN North
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	42	42	42	0	0	0	0	0	9	277	39	6	0	0	0	0	37	42	42	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3			4	4	3	3	3	3		3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2		2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hout Bay Cape Town	Hout Bay Cape Town	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Paranoia Overberg	Paranoia Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Hout Bay Cape Town	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	7	6	9	9	6	8	8	7	4	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	9	9	7

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