Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 11 Apr 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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 1PM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (11 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (11 Apr)6ft (1.8m)12s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121211111111111111111414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)136712661228110310069449138138007237115634883383382582542162162936767789191050
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:47AM
0.98
11:41PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:48AM
0.68
5:15PM
0.57
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise-7:05-------7:05-------7:07------
Sunset----6:28-------6:27-------6:24---
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181818191919191818181818181818171717171718181919
Feels °C (?)161615171616161616171816161717161616161618181919
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