Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 01 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
16.9° C
(Which is 2.9°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: 5.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 01). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)18ft (5.5m)14s
Afternoon (01 Mar)18ft (5.5m)15s
Evening (01 Mar)16ft (5.0m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
0
0
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5.5
SW
5.5
SW
5.5
SW
5.5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)121213141415151515141414141313131312121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47497134952410808111791217312136113479872853070425968479239123373287524801937147112591044807628645
Wind
(km/h)
40
W
45
WSW
40
WSW
40
WSW
35
SW
35
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
S
5
SE
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:08AM
1.43
2:23PM
1.44
2:45AM
1.55
3:00PM
1.51
3:18AM
1.63
3:34PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:21AM
0.20
8:35PM
0.11
8:59AM
0.10
9:09PM
0.05
9:34AM
0.04
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise---6:31-------6:33-------6:33----
Sunset------7:22-------7:22-------7:20-
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
211111-1----------------
Temp. °C191817161516161616171717171717171716161617171718
Feels °C (?)131097788910121314151413131211131315151416
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