Tiger Reef surfForecast / Swakopmund / Namibia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
14.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Tiger Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Tiger Reef at 2PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (CAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (17 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
WSW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121211111111101010101010101211111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28849446345544841138233231930829020024618810486195182145140137134132122
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SSW
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
W
10
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
10
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
0
SSW
10
W
15
SW
20
SW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:46PM
1.24
1:18AM
1.26
1:35PM
1.35
2:02AM
1.36
2:14PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:33AM
0.40
7:05PM
0.31
7:22AM
0.32
7:48PM
0.21
8:00AM
0.25
8:23PM
0.14
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise-6:56-------6:56-------6:54------
Sunset----6:55-------6:55-------6:55---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111113131312121111111313121212121212131313121212
Feels °C (?)11111110101011101011111091011111212121010111112
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Swakopmund

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tiger Reef (light winds from the SW at Swakopmund 1 km from Tiger Reef). 1.0m 12s groundswell from the WSW with a 0.8m 8s swell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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6 km/h
SW
Clean
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