Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 28 Mar 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
18.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 3AM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (29 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
1
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111110101013121212121210101091111991410
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)212816521168125010286535894891086637421325294247192148145136169187123118125170
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
40
SE
35
ESE
30
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:05AM
1.33
1:27PM
1.30
1:45AM
1.45
2:05PM
1.39
2:19AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:52PM
0.36
7:26AM
0.30
7:35PM
0.25
8:04AM
0.18
8:10PM
0.17
8:38AM
0.10
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise-----6:54-------6:56-------6:56--
Sunset6:46-------6:45-------6:44-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191818181818181919191818171717181818181717171818
Feels °C (?)161617171717171817161515131514151412131315161817
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