Thermopylae surf break

Thermopylae surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 04 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
18.0° C
(Which is 1.5°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: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (04 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (04 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)13s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
3
1
2
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.9
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
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)111110101010131313121212121212111111111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6347626806145656761475172317641543139212001094928822713688676671476496533441416
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
SE
0
NW
5
E
5
N
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
5
SSE
5
E
5
N
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:56AM
1.91
4:12PM
1.79
4:26AM
1.90
4:42PM
1.75
4:56AM
1.84
5:10PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:45PM
0.32
10:09AM
0.31
10:14PM
0.32
10:38AM
0.34
10:41PM
0.36
11:05AM
0.39
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise---6:35-------6:37-------6:37----
Sunset------7:19-------7:17-------7:16-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181817182021212019191818202121201918181820202019
Feels °C (?)171817192020191918201919201919191818191819192019
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