Thermopylae surf break

Thermopylae surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 01 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
18.3° 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 3PM is: 5.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)16ft (5.0m)14s
Afternoon (01 Mar)16ft (5.0m)15s
Evening (01 Mar)16ft (5.0m)15s

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


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
0
0
0
0
7
8
7
6
6
5
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
3
2
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)131414151515151414141413131313121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9302891099831104211270103989237794567775571464937243365271523291969153613161044807663543690844
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
ENE
5
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossoffcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:11AM
1.70
2:30PM
1.69
2:49AM
1.81
3:07PM
1.76
3:24AM
1.88
3:40PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:28AM
0.46
8:40PM
0.40
9:05AM
0.37
9:14PM
0.34
9:39AM
0.32
9:45PM
0.32
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise-6:33-------6:33-------6:35------
Sunset----7:22-------7:22-------7:20---
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-111--------------------
Temp. °C171716161716161616161718181716161516171818181717
Feels °C (?)121110101111131314141514131312141314151515161516
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