Dias Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.35° S 18.49° E

Issued: 7 am 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Dias Beach sea temperature is

17.1°C

Dias Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today (29 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 13s period with WSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 13s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 2PM is: 2.4m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 29). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Oct)	8ft (2.5m)	14s
Afternoon (29 Oct)	8ft (2.4m)	13s
Evening (29 Oct)	7ft (2.2m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu night, min 16°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Thu morning, strong winds from the SSE by Thu night).
	Thursday 29							Friday 30								Saturday 31
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 12	SW 14	SW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	2729	2413	2760	2060	1968	1597	1192	1022	864	864	377	1355	876	1053	1000	857	843	828	931	716	636	661	1058
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	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	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide						5:08PM1.48m				5:41AM1.37m				5:59PM1.34m				6:40AM1.26m				7:05PM1.19m
Low Tide			10:56AM0.19m					11:27PM0.16m				11:47AM0.30m				00:19AM0.29m				12:52PM0.42m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16
Feels °C	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	12	13	13	14	14	13	12	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 14	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 12	SW 14	SW 14
kJ	2729	2413	2760	2060	1968	1597	1192	1022	864	864	376	1355	876	1053	1000	857	843	828	931	716	636	661	1058
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	NW 13	SE 12	SW 16	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	WSW 15	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 10	SW 10	SW 14	W 11	W 12
kJ	7	7	7	7	5	67	6	6	6	152	330	152	149	94	85	82	79	75	69	49	268	441	350
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	ESE 11	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	WSW 15	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	W 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	SSW 10	SSW 10	SE 9
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	12	6	6	6	6	377	34	35	93	84	82	2	37	36	33	65	38	22
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SSE 4	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6
kJ	76	72	64	59	51	63	68	63	62	45	41	26	26	39	41	41	39	26	13	64	89	166	160
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Voelklip Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Paranoia Overberg	Milnerton Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Paranoia Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	De Kelders Overberg
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	3	4	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	3	4
Distance (km)	15	15	29	29	397	73	35	35	30	56	189	334	334	58	35	41	30	31	334	334	334	84	84
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Kreefte Reef	Kreefte Reef	Off The Wall	Milnerton			Captains	Captains	Captains	Captains					Captains	Holbaai	Captains	Beach Road
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4			4	3	3	3					3	3	3	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Santos Reef Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	6	9	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4

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