Thermopylae Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.90° S 18.40° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Thermopylae surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 14 Nov 2025 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 14.4° C
(Which is 3.0°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 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Nov)	6ft (1.9m)	6s
Afternoon (14 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Evening (14 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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		Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	2	3	2	1	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSE	SSE	W	S	W	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	6	6	11	10	11	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	773	372	281	309	245	143	612	146	292	415	411	381	392	504	710	664	875	4061	2846	3215	1697	1286	1075	760
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:25PM 1.31				11:44AM 1.50				12:22AM 1.38				12:32PM 1.57				1:04AM 1.45				1:10PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)				5:27AM 0.73				6:20PM 0.62				6:19AM 0.68				7:00PM 0.55				7:00AM 0.62				7:33PM 0.50

		Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	16	17	20	20	19	18	17	16	16	17	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	16	21	20	21	19
Feels °C (?)	16	16	14	14	16	14	13	13	11	10	10	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	9	10	16	13	13	12

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