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Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 10 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
20.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 11AM is: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)8ft (2.5m)7s
Afternoon (10 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)14s
Evening (10 Jan)5ft (1.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
2.5
ESE
2.5
SE
1.3
SSW
3
SE
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)127714713131212121212211918161615141413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5286145787018557967496676575805514947621255174021092242194122161744153714171136899
Wind
(km/h)
55
ESE
45
ESE
35
SE
50
SE
55
SE
55
SE
50
ESE
50
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
40
SE
45
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
40
SE
30
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
1.24
8:33PM
1.01
9:00AM
1.15
9:50PM
0.96
10:13AM
1.09
11:22PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:36PM
0.50
2:25AM
0.56
3:45PM
0.55
3:39AM
0.63
5:10PM
0.56
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise-5:43-------5:45-------5:46------
Sunset-----8:00-------8:00-------8:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181822222222201920202121212121212121212020202019
Feels °C (?)91016151414131215151716171617192121211818181918
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