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Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 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 normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 11PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)--
Afternoon (14 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (14 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121111111110101010109910101010910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6442040246627703046280223881046821572458339320245240552427203216216235268383450
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
25
WSW
40
S
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
40
SE
35
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
35
S
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
5
SSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:27AM
1.11
1:29PM
1.21
2:07AM
1.20
2:09PM
1.29
2:42AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:17PM
0.44
7:29AM
0.52
7:58PM
0.35
8:11AM
0.43
8:33PM
0.27
8:46AM
0.36
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-----5:48-------5:50-------5:50--
Sunset-8:00-------8:00-------8:00------
clear
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-11---------------------
Temp. °C222119181817171718181718181818181818181818181920
Feels °C (?)181913111088899811121313121213131415171716
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