Thermopylae surf break

Thermopylae surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 17 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
16.4° C
(Which is 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thermopylae today?

The current surf forecast for Thermopylae at 12PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (17 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (17 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
0
3
2
2
2
5
4
4
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.1
SW
3
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)131212121112121212121111111313999101111121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)173616551857191318151763213121443089317926072150141113952547791656990286434794294604269856112
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
30
N
20
WNW
15
WNW
20
NNW
20
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
40
NW
40
WNW
40
WNW
45
W
40
W
35
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crossononcrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:56AM
1.93
3:22PM
1.83
3:34AM
1.96
4:01PM
1.83
4:14AM
1.92
4:42PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:13AM
0.20
9:23PM
0.29
9:51AM
0.19
10:02PM
0.30
10:30AM
0.23
10:43PM
0.36
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise-7:09-------7:09-------7:11------
Sunset----6:21-------6:20-------6:19---
cloud
clear
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--4113411-1---11232343211
Temp. °C151515131415151515151617161615151516161616151514
Feels °C (?)10911111011121312121111101110101010999676
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