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Thermopylae surf break

Thermopylae surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 11 May 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
13.9° C
(Which is 3.4°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: 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) & DateWave HeightWave Period
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)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.2
WSW
2
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
WSW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.4
SW
3
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)131212131313131212121212121212121212121314141414141414131313131313121212141312121212121212121111111111111111101313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)43143648244220391750159912561068811725140318702113214921132113218523022548343638273735364732773144318928442454194418111847158313236665665577217466786676465976255145054883733662886171028145714931436117020053373239227022744
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
10
NE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
W
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
SSW
0
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
NW
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
S
10
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
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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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141415161615151414131415151515151515172020191918171719212020222223242628262627262524262521202019181719191817171716151616
Feels °C (?)131212131413141312111213141515141414161817161716151517181718202020212426242324232221222219181817171719191816171716141413
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