Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 04 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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.6°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 12AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 04). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (05 Mar)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (05 Mar)6ft (1.8m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
2.1
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
Period(s) (?)13131312121212121111111111111111111081011111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)169719421709162913921200109492879875680253449342350542336188478018742913366518171784
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
ENE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
15
WNW
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
15
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
35
NW
35
NW
35
WSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
S
35
SSE
35
SE
40
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:05PM
1.53
4:19AM
1.65
4:35PM
1.49
4:48AM
1.60
5:04PM
1.43
5:16AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:10PM
0.04
10:35AM
0.05
10:38PM
0.09
11:03AM
0.11
11:05PM
0.17
11:30AM
0.19
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-----6:35-------6:37-------6:37--
Sunset7:19-------7:17-------7:15-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------11-----
Temp. °C201919191919202120202020191819212119181717161616
Feels °C (?)1919191918172020202020211816161617131189887
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