Dias Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.35° S 18.49° E

Issued: 1 pm 24 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Dias Beach sea temperature is

16.4°C

Dias Beach 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 Dias Beach today (24 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 6PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	10s
Afternoon (24 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s
Evening (24 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue morning, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Sun night, light winds from the SE by Tue morning).
	Sat 24					Sunday 25								Monday 26
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SSW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SW 9	SE 5	SW 9	SE 5	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11
Wave Graph
kJ	314	229	225	256	327	211	173	172	138	101	95	64	97	76	333	380	374	343	319	297	249
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross
High Tide		1:52PM1.58m					2:18AM1.48m				2:26PM1.65m				2:54AM1.54m				3:03PM1.68m
Low Tide					8:12PM0.05m				8:18AM0.12m				8:46PM-0.02m				8:54AM0.08m				9:22PM-0.05m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17
Feels °C	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	8	9	8	9	11	12	12	10	9	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SSW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SW 9	SW 9	SW 9	SW 9	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11
kJ	314	229	225	256	327	211	173	172	138	101	95	64	97	76	333	380	374	343	319	297	249
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 8	W 8	W 8	W 8	SSE 8	W 8	W 8	W 8	W 8	W 8	W 8	W 8	WSW 11	W 11	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSW 10	SW 15	SSW 10	SW 10
kJ	49	66	64	66	24	49	45	48	42	29	29	28	40	61	4	4	4	10	9	10	25
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 14	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	WSW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	W 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	W 8	WSW 13	SW 16	SW 16	S 12	SE 10	NW 12	SW 15	SW 15
kJ	37	44	41	27	33	49	49	49	73	43	40	40	19	59	10	10	3	4	6	9	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	ESE 3	SE 8	SE 3	SE 3	SE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 5	SE 5	SE 5
kJ	—	—	—	—	4	64	12	7	12	18	40	63	77	71	45	31	26	31	56	89	99
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Underwater Point Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Noordhoek Cape Town	Paranoia Overberg	Moonlight Bay Overberg	Moonlight Bay Overberg	Santos Reef Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Hawston Overberg	Queens Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Moonlight Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	2	29	29	31	29	30	31	31	334	397	397	58	58	49	31	31	31	397	397	35	35
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Milnerton	Long Beach	Long Beach		Captains	Captains								Off The Wall	Holbaai	Beach Road				Off The Wall	Captains
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2		2	2								2	2	2				2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Country Club (African Beach) Durban/KZN South	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Koeel Bay Overberg	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2
Header Global	Trial Harbour Australia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Outside Corner Indonesia	Nyang-Nyang Indonesia	Nyang-Nyang Indonesia	Bali Village Indonesia	El Huerto Spain	Deba Spain	Deba Spain	Guibeleco Spain	Vanthrax France	Cabo Lastres Spain	Belharra France	Deba Spain	Deba Spain	Deba Spain	Brims Ness United Kingdom	Anglet - Corsaires France	Anglet - Corsaires France	Anglet - Corsaires France	Afife Portugal
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

storm austen

Ben Mondy

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 Dias Beach 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.

Dias Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today (24 Oct):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

Surf-Forecast Now Has Webcams

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website