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Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 09 Feb 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
20.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 6AM is: 3.0m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)8ft (2.5m)7s
Afternoon (09 Feb)7ft (2.2m)7s
Evening (09 Feb)7ft (2.1m)7s

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

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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
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
SE
3
SE
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.3
SE
2.2
SE
2.5
SSE
2.1
SE
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)7877777777111112121212111111111191111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8791052821784574466621428535403435372421365336309298314263191187103229207
Wind
(km/h)
55
SE
55
SE
50
SE
50
SE
35
SE
45
SSE
45
SSE
40
SE
40
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
35
SE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
30
S
20
S
20
S
40
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
1.14
8:11PM
0.96
8:39AM
1.03
9:59PM
0.90
10:38AM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:11AM
0.52
2:04PM
0.56
1:57AM
0.63
3:30PM
0.64
3:51AM
0.72
5:54PM
0.62
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise---6:13-------6:15-------6:16----
Sunset------7:45-------7:44-------7:43-
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----31121---------------
Temp. °C212021212222212121212121212121212121212120212121
Feels °C (?)131214151917161717161718181818181819201917181917
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