Thermopylae surf break

Thermopylae surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 05 Apr 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
16.3° C
(Which is 2.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thermopylae today?

The current surf forecast for Thermopylae at 7AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (05 Apr)15ft (4.5m)16s
Evening (05 Apr)15ft (4.5m)16s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
5
5
0
0
7
7
6
5
6
5
4
3
3
4
4
5
4
4
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
2.2
SW
3
SW
3
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.4
S
2.1
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
Period(s) (?)101111131416161616151414141414131313131313141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)327113020123489581091101011396528823712662876249677063075391480440013785202914682053194817181783
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:49AM
1.72
5:09PM
1.61
5:16AM
1.63
5:39PM
1.53
5:44AM
1.52
6:13PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:36PM
0.47
10:57AM
0.44
11:03PM
0.55
11:24AM
0.52
11:32PM
0.64
11:54AM
0.61
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise---7:01-------7:01-------7:01----
Sunset------6:36-------6:35-------6:34-
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181817181919181818171717181918171616151518222321
Feels °C (?)181714161615131414131314141413121213131316192019
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