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Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 09 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
20.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 3PM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.7m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.4m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (09 Jan)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (09 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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

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Friday
09
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10
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11
Mon
12
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
2.5
ESE
2.4
SE
1.3
SSW
3
SE
3
SE
1.5
SSW
1.5
SW
2.5
ESE
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
Period(s) (?)1111111112121212127714771312712121221201817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19701545140712521146907701623464596525681831796749667590580551494646112215882368
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
35
SE
40
SE
50
SSE
55
SE
60
SE
55
SE
55
ESE
55
ESE
45
ESE
35
SE
50
SE
60
SE
60
SE
50
ESE
45
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
SE
40
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:18AM
1.34
7:37PM
1.10
8:04AM
1.24
8:33PM
1.01
9:00AM
1.15
9:50PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:42PM
0.42
1:34AM
0.45
2:36PM
0.50
2:25AM
0.56
3:45PM
0.55
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Mon
12
Sunrise-5:43-------5:43-------5:45------
Sunset-----8:01-------8:00-------8:00--
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191919191919181818182222222220202020212121212121
Feels °C (?)14131210109999111614131313141415171717171718
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