Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 04 Apr 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
19.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 10AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (04 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (04 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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!
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.3
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1.6
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121111111110108111113151616161615141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)400441439431389328283212367157621504119698711093114741096697327808700869697221683758615087
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
25
W
20
W
15
WSW
15
SW
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
1.55
4:34PM
1.42
4:42AM
1.47
5:02PM
1.35
5:10AM
1.37
5:32PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:08PM
0.15
10:30AM
0.11
10:35PM
0.21
10:56AM
0.19
11:02PM
0.29
11:23AM
0.28
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise---7:00-------7:01-------7:01----
Sunset------6:37-------6:36-------6:34-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C201919181919191919181818181818181718181818181818
Feels °C (?)211919171716171818131314151414121214141314131211
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