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Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 15 Jan 2026 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
20.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 10PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.9m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (15 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)111111101010101099101010910101010111212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8215724763333202863022182071882162162353144286738621297227434644068380935173184
Wind
(km/h)
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
45
SE
40
SE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
5
S
10
WNW
20
W
30
W
30
W
35
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:07AM
1.20
2:09PM
1.29
2:42AM
1.29
2:45PM
1.36
3:15AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:58PM
0.35
8:11AM
0.43
8:33PM
0.27
8:46AM
0.36
9:05PM
0.19
9:20AM
0.29
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-----5:50-------5:50-------5:52--
Sunset-8:00-------8:00-------8:00------
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------1------
Temp. °C171817171718181818181818181819202020191818181717
Feels °C (?)78891012131213131315171716151415131212131312
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