Thermopylae surf break

Thermopylae surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 18 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
16.7° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thermopylae today?

The current surf forecast for Thermopylae at 2PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (18 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
0
0
0
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
2.4
WSW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2.5
WSW
4.5
W
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)12121111131313998910101011111213141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)335935032889235814752021234983958958111783428379839974465464747315681702166506158535345953943
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
NNW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
30
NNW
35
NNW
45
NNW
50
WNW
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
20
W
25
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:34AM
1.96
4:01PM
1.83
4:14AM
1.92
4:42PM
1.79
4:56AM
1.84
5:26PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:51AM
0.19
10:02PM
0.30
10:30AM
0.23
10:43PM
0.36
11:12AM
0.32
11:28PM
0.47
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-7:09-------7:11-------7:11------
Sunset----6:20-------6:19-------6:17---
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rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----11213242211111--111
Temp. °C161616171616151414151716151414141415161615161615
Feels °C (?)121211111011111099976456710101010111212
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