Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Thermopylae today (12 Jun):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jun, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 11s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jun, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Thermopylae at 10PM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm June 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Jun) | - | - |
| Afternoon (12 Jun) | 11ft (3.5m) | 11s |
| Evening (12 Jun) | 10ft (3.0m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Thermopylae. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri night, min 12°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Mon 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 10 | SW 11 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 2344 | 2006 | 1620 | 980 | 1806 | 2773 | 3164 | 3214 | 3028 | 2849 | 2397 | 2170 | 1761 | 1579 | 1323 | 1197 | 1180 | 956 | 724 | 952 | 949 | 785 | 600 | 551 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | cross | cross | cross-off | off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | glassy | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross |
High Tide | 1:22AM1.74m | 2:01PM1.64m | 2:14AM1.79m | 2:51PM1.71m | 3:04AM1.81m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:08PM0.50m | 7:48AM0.32m | 8:02PM0.44m | 8:37AM0.27m | 8:54PM0.39m | 9:24AM0.24m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  | |  |  | | | | | | | | | |  |  | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 7:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:48 | — | — | — |
 | 5:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:44 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
Feels °C | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | W 10 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 10 | SW 11 |
| kJ | 2344 | 2006 | 1620 | 834 | 1806 | 2773 | 3164 | 3214 | 3028 | 2849 | 2397 | 2170 | 1761 | 1579 | 1323 | 1197 | 1180 | 956 | 724 | 952 | 949 | 785 | 600 | 551 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | NW 12 | NW 12 | NW 12 | W 6 | W 9 | W 9 | WNW 8 | SW 11 | SSW 11 |
| kJ | — | 55 | 50 | 980 | 586 | 386 | 279 | 228 | 190 | 154 | 120 | 117 | 83 | 81 | 56 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 81 | 15 | 24 | 90 | 119 | 303 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | NW 15 | S 18 | — | — | NW 11 | NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 13 | NW 11 | NW 11 | NW 11 | — | — | NW 12 | W 9 | NW 12 | NW 12 | W 12 | WNW 8 | — |
| kJ | — | — | 8 | 6 | — | — | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 6 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 60 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 9 | WNW 4 | W 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 62 | 26 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 26 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Thermopylae surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest