Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 SAST
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Dias Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dias Beach sea temperature is
16.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 3AM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)15ft (4.5m)13s
Afternoon (16 Oct)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (16 Oct)11ft (3.5m)14s

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

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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SW
2.3
SSW
3.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.7
SW
2.3
SSW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)91012131313141413131313121212121111111111121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7881001392564376330642565225121396131602591220717351496177714461162715123875275291314342359
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
25
S
35
S
40
SSE
40
SE
50
SE
50
SE
55
ESE
50
ESE
40
E
30
E
20
E
10
ESE
10
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
20
S
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:57PM
1.11
12:23PM
1.27
12:48AM
1.21
1:04PM
1.37
1:26AM
1.29
1:36PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:07AM
0.44
6:48PM
0.36
6:53AM
0.35
7:26PM
0.26
7:29AM
0.28
7:57PM
0.18
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise---6:03-------6:01-------6:01----
Sunset------7:00-------7:00-------7:00-
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151515141414141413121213151616161615151515151515
Feels °C (?)9975543323591314111212991113131110
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update Wind reports 27 km away suggest it is still onshore at Dias Beach (light winds from the SSW at Slangkop). 3.1m 10s swell from the SW with a 1.3m 14s groundswell, also from the SW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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27 km away, 53 min ago

13 km/h
SSW
0.0
16.5
Air / Water (°C)
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