Dairy Beach (New Pier) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.85° S 31.04° E

Issued: 7 am 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Dairy Beach (New Pier) sea temperature is

22.0°C

Dairy Beach (New Pier) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Dairy Beach (New Pier) today (02 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Dairy Beach (New Pier) at 12PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Afternoon (02 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (02 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s

Table - waves today at Dairy Beach (New Pier). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 24°C on Wed morning, min 21°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Monday 2							Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thu 5
	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	2	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 7
Wave Graph
kJ	47	52	123	154	188	116	92	127	130	127	125	122	112	156	155	150	70	219	181	186	261	241	193	145	61
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	E	SE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	SSW	S	S	SSW	WSW	NW	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	on	on	on	cross-on	on	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			9:46AM1.39m				10:28PM1.30m					11:39AM1.48m				00:09AM1.39m				12:43PM1.62m				1:06AM1.53m
Low Tide	2:49AM0.77m				4:22PM0.89m				4:54AM0.78m					6:08PM0.77m				6:16AM0.67m				7:05PM0.62m


	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—
	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:19	—	—	—	6:20
mm	1	1	1	—	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—
Temp °C	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	22	21	21	21	22	24	24	23	22	22	21	21
Feels °C	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	22	21	21	22	23	25	21	21	20	22	22	24	24	24	24	25	22	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	S 6	E 10	E 10	S 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 6	E 10	ESE 6	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 7	ENE 6	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7
kJ	42	39	123	154	24	116	92	127	130	105	125	88	92	64	83	81	70	133	111	107	134	134	134	110	61
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	E 7	S 6	S 6	SE 9	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 12	SSW 12	E 10	SSW 10	E 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13
kJ	35	33	24	23	13	12	8	15	14	127	19	122	42	40	39	23	59	56	56	163	154	143	101	96	95
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	E 10	SE 10	SE 9	SSW 13	SE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	SSW 11	SSW 7	S 10	—	S 17	S 17	SSW 15	SSW 15	S 15	SSW 15	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 7
kJ	47	52	33	22	17	13	8	8	3	22	10	47	—	6	23	46	79	116	121	55	40	41	39	25	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	S 6	SE 5	—	E 10	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 6	—	SE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6
kJ	45	78	5	—	188	30	38	65	83	—	109	114	112	156	155	150	69	219	181	186	261	241	193	145	56
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	4	354	562	153	4	121	107	107	153	780	2	683	4	218	2	0	404	1267	0	0	0	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1				1						2		2		2	2			2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4

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