Surf Forecast Surf Report

Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 01 May 2025 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
14.5° C
(Which is 3.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 11AM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 22s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 May)13ft (4.0m)12s
Afternoon (01 May)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (01 May)11ft (3.5m)11s

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

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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
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
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
S
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111212121111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111141414141413131313131211101091412131313141413161514141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3094359038363771356730602767254624012174209021672128198819601815150013241184103411588437728727575885174344785776227779028759439439289689237996746123455181385169720312305264122332176421932873504279524522079183817251511
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
40
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
20
E
15
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
10
E
5
NE
5
E
5
S
5
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
15
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
40
SSE
45
SE
45
SE
35
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
ononglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:59PM
1.34
6:17AM
1.29
6:57PM
1.23
7:20AM
1.13
8:12PM
1.14
8:48AM
1.03
9:47PM
1.12
10:29AM
1.01
11:08PM
1.17
11:44AM
1.06
12:03AM
1.24
12:34PM
1.14
12:44AM
1.31
1:12PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:45AM
0.19
12:08AM
0.33
12:36PM
0.33
1:12AM
0.46
1:42PM
0.46
2:42AM
0.56
3:10PM
0.54
4:28AM
0.56
4:41PM
0.54
5:45AM
0.49
5:47PM
0.49
6:35AM
0.41
6:34PM
0.43
7:11AM
0.33
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Sunrise-7:20-------7:20-------7:22-------7:22-------7:24-------7:24-------7:24-------7:26--
Sunset----6:05-------6:04-------6:02-------6:01-------6:00-------6:00-------5:59-------
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Rain (mm)
121---------------------------------------------------------
Temp. °C151514141514141514151515151515141413131517181717171718181918181918181717171717171717171717161616161616161616151514141517
Feels °C (?)877788798910111110977691113151415141416151615151615171516171717171616151514121212111111109891010101113
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