Thermopylae surf break

Thermopylae surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 19 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 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Thermopylae today?

The current surf forecast for Thermopylae at 9PM is: 5.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)8ft (2.4m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)15ft (4.5m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)16ft (5.0m)11s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
4
5
3
5
7
7
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
4.5
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)101010111111121314141414131313131313121213131515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)128634844569563855905415531472847471684160245502476739363409301831353686398642434681553582639627
Wind
(km/h)
50
NW
45
WNW
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
N
25
NNW
15
NW
10
S
10
SSE
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:42PM
1.79
4:56AM
1.84
5:26PM
1.71
5:42AM
1.71
6:16PM
1.60
6:35AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:30AM
0.23
10:43PM
0.36
11:12AM
0.32
11:28PM
0.47
11:58AM
0.45
12:22AM
0.60
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise-------7:11-------7:13-------7:13
Sunset--6:19-------6:17-------6:15-----
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
3412111----1------1-----
Temp. °C171615141414141516161616151515141616161717171616
Feels °C (?)88645671011101112121112111213141513131010
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