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Thermopylae surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
How big are the waves at Thermopylae today?
The current surf forecast for Thermopylae at 12PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.0m 12s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 3.
Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (11 May) | 11ft (3.5m) | 12s |
Afternoon (11 May) | 8ft (2.4m) | 13s |
Evening (11 May) | 7ft (2.1m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Thermopylae. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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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 | 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 | 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 | |
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period(s) (?) | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy (?) | 4314 | 3648 | 2442 | 2039 | 1750 | 1599 | 1256 | 1068 | 811 | 725 | 1403 | 1870 | 2113 | 2149 | 2113 | 2113 | 2185 | 2302 | 2548 | 3436 | 3827 | 3735 | 3647 | 3277 | 3144 | 3189 | 2844 | 2454 | 1944 | 1811 | 1847 | 1583 | 1323 | 666 | 566 | 557 | 721 | 746 | 678 | 667 | 646 | 597 | 625 | 514 | 505 | 488 | 373 | 366 | 288 | 617 | 1028 | 1457 | 1493 | 1436 | 1170 | 2005 | 3373 | 2392 | 2702 | 2744 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | on | glass | glass | 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 | off | off | glass | glass | glass | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:27AM 1.68 | 2:52PM 1.60 | 2:55AM 1.69 | 3:22PM 1.61 | 3:23AM 1.68 | 3:51PM 1.61 | 3:51AM 1.66 | 4:21PM 1.59 | 4:21AM 1.62 | 4:54PM 1.56 | 4:55AM 1.56 | 5:30PM 1.52 | 5:33AM 1.49 | 6:13PM 1.49 | 6:21AM 1.41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:42AM 0.41 | 8:46PM 0.52 | 9:09AM 0.39 | 9:14PM 0.52 | 9:36AM 0.39 | 9:44PM 0.54 | 10:05AM 0.41 | 10:14PM 0.57 | 10:35AM 0.44 | 10:48PM 0.61 | 11:09AM 0.49 | 11:28PM 0.66 | 11:47AM 0.56 | 12:17AM 0.71 | 12:35PM 0.63 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 11 | Monday 12 | Tuesday 13 | Wednesday 14 | Thursday 15 | Friday 16 | Saturday 17 | Sunday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunrise | - | 7:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:33 | - | - |
Sunset | - | - | - | - | 5:57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Temp. °C | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
Feels °C (?) | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
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