Thermopylae surf break

Thermopylae surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 09 Feb 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
16.7° C
(Which is 3.4°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Thermopylae today?

The current surf forecast for Thermopylae at 1PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (09 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (09 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.9
SE
1.3
SSW
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
2.3
S
Period(s) (?)877977771111101012121111111111111111167
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)400249386266345247258200379372320245280309227246237194159159194172251547
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
SE
15
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:51AM
1.42
8:22PM
1.24
8:50AM
1.31
10:06PM
1.18
10:37AM
1.26
12:16AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:16PM
0.82
2:14AM
0.88
3:42PM
0.88
4:03AM
0.96
5:38PM
0.86
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise-6:15-------6:16-------6:16------
Sunset----7:45-------7:44-------7:43---
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---5121------------------
Temp. °C212223212121212121212223232221212121202122212019
Feels °C (?)212323232321202020212222212121222221191819191614
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