Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 31 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
19.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 2PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (31 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (31 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
Period(s) (?)9914101010101314141414141313131312121212141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1231181239824131822729935545951354157957061882178495611671305944217118761730
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
20
ESE
10
ESE
10
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
40
SSE
45
SE
40
SE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
SE
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:19AM
1.55
2:38PM
1.45
2:50AM
1.60
3:09PM
1.49
3:19AM
1.62
3:38PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:38AM
0.10
8:42PM
0.13
9:08AM
0.05
9:12PM
0.11
9:36AM
0.04
9:40PM
0.12
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise-6:56-------6:56-------6:58------
Sunset----6:43-------6:40-------6:39---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------2
Temp. °C181819202019191919192020201920202020202121222220
Feels °C (?)141518201919191819181917151415171718192021222321
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