Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 07 May 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
17.9° 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 7PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.1m 13s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 May)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (07 May)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (07 May)10ft (3.0m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Sat night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, near gales from the WNW by Sun morning).

Thu
7
Friday
8
Saturday
9
Sun
10
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
0
!
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
3
4
5
4
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SE
12
3
SE
12
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
2.5
SE
13
2.5
SE
13
2.5
SE
13
2.5
SE
13
2
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
15
2
WSW
15
2.2
SE
13
2.1
SE
13
2.2
SE
13
2.1
SE
13
2.1
SE
13
1.9
SE
13
1.8
SE
12
1.8
SE
12
1.6
SE
12
3
WNW
7
4
W
8
3.5
W
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2436
2344
2458
2458
2290
2290
2132
2132
1985
2054
1924
1622
1619
1521
1693
1537
1374
1136
1003
899
748
924
2357
2212
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
5
S
0
NW
15
NNW
30
NW
35
NW
40
NNW
45
N
45
WNW
45
W
40
WNW
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
6:43PM1.12m
6:50AM1.07m
7:48PM1.08m
8:03AM1.01m
9:09PM1.09m
Low Tide
12:18PM0.43m
00:44AM0.57m
1:10PM0.50m
1:57AM0.62m
2:22PM0.54m
3:33AM0.61m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
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7:26
7:26
7:26
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5:59
5:58
5:57
5:55
11
7
1
Temp °C
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
15
13
14
15
12
12
11
11
11
11
10
10
10
10
11
11
12
13
14
15
12
10
9
9
6
5
5
6
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SE
12
3
SE
12
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
2.5
SE
13
2.5
SE
13
2.5
SE
13
2.5
SE
13
2.5
SE
12
2.4
SE
12
2.3
SE
12
2.2
SE
13
2.2
SE
13
2.1
SE
13
2.2
SE
13
2.1
SE
13
2.1
SE
13
1.9
SE
13
1.8
SE
12
1.8
SE
12
1.6
SE
12
1.5
SE
12
1.3
SE
12
1.6
SW
13
Energy kJ
2436
2344
2458
2458
2290
2290
2132
2132
1985
1771
1670
1521
1619
1521
1693
1537
1374
1136
1003
899
748
614
494
778
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
WSW
15
1
WSW
14
1.1
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
17
1.6
WSW
16
2
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2.1
WSW
15
2
WSW
15
1.9
WSW
14
1.9
WSW
14
1.8
WSW
14
1.7
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
13
1.6
WSW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.4
WSW
13
1.3
WSW
13
0.5
NE
5
1.3
SE
12
Energy kJ
443
407
434
484
476
378
1044
1261
1948
2054
1924
1622
1435
1435
1265
1127
484
985
845
680
590
12
494
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
WSW
21
0.4
WSW
9
0.4
WSW
20
0.6
WSW
19
0.8
WSW
18
1.1
WSW
18
1.1
WSW
13
1.1
WSW
13
0.3
SSE
18
0.6
SSE
16
0.6
SSE
16
0.7
SE
16
0.7
SE
15
0.7
SSE
15
0.7
SE
14
0.4
SSE
13
1.1
SW
14
0.8
SW
15
Energy kJ
44
28
149
246
413
759
378
378
62
179
177
251
229
188
200
69
466
255
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
NW
3
1.2
NW
4
1.8
NW
6
3
WNW
7
4
W
8
3.5
W
10
Energy kJ
9
59
193
924
2357
2212
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
Distance (km)
15
15
29
29
29
29
28
28
28
29
29
15
15
2
0
0
4
25
56
47
47
89
376
454
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
5
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
4
5
5
6
4
7
6
8
7
5
7
6
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
8
5
5
6
7
7
6
8
7
6
5
7
7
5
5
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
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