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Thompsons Bay surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 22 Nov 2025 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
22.0° C
 (Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thompsons Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Thompsons Bay at 5AM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Afternoon (22 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Evening (22 Nov)7ft (2.1m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.9
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.8
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
1.9
S
2
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)141414141414131313121212121212111111777111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)109210631033985107813241567166714521118973746647547529502482785763602355918200168
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
SW
5
WNW
5
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
15
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NE
15
E
20
SSE
10
SSW
10
WNW
25
WSW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
25
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crossglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:24AM
1.67
4:34PM
1.71
4:54AM
1.63
5:03PM
1.66
5:26AM
1.57
5:34PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:15PM
0.16
10:25AM
0.24
10:45PM
0.19
10:55AM
0.29
11:16PM
0.25
11:27AM
0.37
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise--4:48-------4:48-------4:48-----
Sunset------6:32-------6:34-------6:34-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------412-1111--
Temp. °C212019212223222221212022252522222220192021222221
Feels °C (?)222120222123212222212023262624232018161718182020
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