Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am 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
17.3° C
(Which is 2.0°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 7AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 2.2m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (28 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (28 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s

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
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
3
!
!
!
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
SW
3
WSW
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
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)8891111111111111111101010131312121212101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)470486781178926832374212816521168125010286535774501021658421325247247267216171137
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
SSE
20
SE
30
SSE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:11AM
1.19
12:38PM
1.19
1:05AM
1.33
1:27PM
1.30
1:45AM
1.45
2:05PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:35AM
0.43
6:52PM
0.36
7:26AM
0.30
7:35PM
0.25
8:04AM
0.18
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise---6:54-------6:54-------6:56----
Sunset------6:46-------6:45-------6:44-
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191918181819191918181818181919181818171717181818
Feels °C (?)171614151516161717181717171817151414131515161413
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