Thermopylae surf break

Thermopylae surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 02 Mar 2026 SAST
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Thermopylae surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Thermopylae sea temperature is
18.3° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thermopylae today?

The current surf forecast for Thermopylae at 2AM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 19s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (03 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (03 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
4
4
3
3
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121211111111101010101313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31932715242218391536121510448076635335726526476145656901475172317641525139212761094928
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
S
10
SSE
0
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:07PM
1.76
3:24AM
1.88
3:40PM
1.79
3:56AM
1.91
4:12PM
1.79
4:26AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:14PM
0.34
9:39AM
0.32
9:45PM
0.32
10:09AM
0.31
10:14PM
0.32
10:38AM
0.34
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise-----6:35-------6:35-------6:37--
Sunset7:22-------7:20-------7:19-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------21
Temp. °C181717161616181919181818171820212119191918182119
Feels °C (?)141314151414161616161617171820202019192117172019
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