Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Thermopylae today (29 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 19s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 16s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Thermopylae at 12AM is: 2.3m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 28). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (29 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (29 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 19s |
| Evening (29 Oct) | 6ft (1.8m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Thermopylae. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the S by Fri afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 28 | Thursday 29 | Friday 30 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 14 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 808 | 1172 | 2697 | 2479 | 2445 | 2216 | 2313 | 1915 | 1753 | 1597 | 1230 | 505 | 864 | 722 | 422 | 1301 | 861 | 902 | 887 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 4:27PM1.83m | 4:58AM1.71m | 5:11PM1.72m | 5:46AM1.62m | 6:03PM1.57m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:43PM0.29m | 10:58AM0.45m | 11:27PM0.40m | 11:50AM0.56m | |||||||||||||||
 |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 7:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:12 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 |
Feels °C | 15 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 12 | SW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 14 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 |
| kJ | 504 | 1172 | 2697 | 2479 | 2445 | 2216 | 2313 | 1915 | 1753 | 1597 | 1230 | 505 | 864 | 722 | 422 | 1301 | 861 | 902 | 887 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | WSW 13 | NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 13 | — | NW 12 | NW 12 | NW 12 | SW 12 | NW 12 | SW 15 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 11 |
| kJ | 808 | 689 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | — | 6 | 6 | 6 | 430 | 6 | 116 | 292 | 131 | 149 | 137 | 87 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 13 | NW 13 | — | — | — | NW 13 | — | — | — | NW 12 | — | NW 12 | — | NW 12 | WSW 15 | NW 12 | NW 12 | — | W 11 |
| kJ | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | — | 6 | — | 6 | — | 6 | 275 | 6 | 6 | — | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 3 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 6 | S 6 | S 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 5 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 |
| kJ | 8 | 16 | 28 | 42 | 39 | 33 | 41 | 30 | 32 | 29 | 34 | 47 | 45 | 59 | 45 | 33 | 24 | 24 | 22 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 405 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 27 | 115 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 87 | 344 | 344 | 344 | 115 | 6 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Thermopylae surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest