Thermopylae Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.90° S 18.40° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Thermopylae surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 06 Nov 2025 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 13.4° C
(Which is 3.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thermopylae today?

The current surf forecast for Thermopylae at 6PM is: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 21s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	12s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	8ft (2.4m)	7s
Evening (06 Nov)	7ft (2.2m)	7s

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

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	Thursday 06					Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	0	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	7	7	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	359	515	655	513	557	358	347	310	574	193	362	429	320	207	138	206	344	574	598	581	573	716	706	647
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	S	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	E	ESE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:36PM 1.95				4:06AM 1.82				4:19PM 1.87				4:50AM 1.75					5:05PM 1.74				5:39AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	9:24AM 0.28				9:53PM 0.18				10:07AM 0.33				10:36PM 0.26				10:53AM 0.42					11:21PM 0.38

	Thursday 06					Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	23	24	21	18	16	15	17	24	28	27	24	22	21	21	23	26	25	24	24	21	20	20	22
Feels °C (?)	20	17	19	17	15	13	13	15	22	25	24	21	21	19	20	23	24	22	21	21	20	20	19	22

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