Thermopylae surf break

Thermopylae surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 19 Feb 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
15.9° C
(Which is 3.9°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Thermopylae today?

The current surf forecast for Thermopylae at 10PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 1.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)--
Afternoon (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (19 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
4
4
3
2
2
2
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
2.2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
2.3
SE
2
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SSE
1.6
SE
2
SE
1.8
SE
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
SW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313121212121212788888888881313131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)78074679977363456149438351638931056744635026921929149243511411395169178
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
0
NW
5
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:41PM
1.79
4:58AM
1.91
5:16PM
1.76
5:34AM
1.87
5:53PM
1.68
6:12AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:43PM
0.31
11:11AM
0.32
11:17PM
0.35
11:47AM
0.38
11:52PM
0.43
12:28PM
0.47
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:26-------6:26--
Sunset7:35-------7:34-------7:31-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222021202021242626242221202124252524222119192222
Feels °C (?)191720192022252525232222212225252626242118182122
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