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Tiger Reef surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 CAT
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Tiger Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tiger Reef sea temperature is
19.7° C
 (Which is 2.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tiger Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Tiger Reef at 9AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

Table - waves today at Tiger Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1010101010101099999999999101010111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)412322273268235296368353307216216216220241216216246284303396420453479488
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
W
15
W
15
W
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrossonononcross-
on		glasscross-
on		glasscross-
on		onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:54AM
1.30
3:07PM
1.28
3:28AM
1.37
3:41PM
1.33
4:00AM
1.43
4:16PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:29PM
0.27
8:54AM
0.28
9:04PM
0.22
9:29AM
0.23
9:38PM
0.18
10:03AM
0.18
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise---6:31-------6:31-------6:31----
Sunset------7:52-------7:52-------7:52-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161615151616181717161615161717171716161617171717
Feels °C (?)131414141312131213141515151516171816171616151517
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