Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 23 Feb 2026 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
15.8° C
(Which is 4.2°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 12PM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (23 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (23 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
0
0
1
3
2
3
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.3
W
1.7
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)12121212121212141413131313121212121212116111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34139033041431930931459763957756054346639231927223219313011913567711931565
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
NW
5
NW
20
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
0
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:48AM
1.40
7:19PM
1.17
7:45AM
1.26
8:34PM
1.05
9:15AM
1.13
10:37PM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:11PM
0.32
1:17AM
0.42
2:17PM
0.45
2:35AM
0.55
4:07PM
0.52
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise-6:26-------6:28-------6:28------
Sunset----7:30-------7:29-------7:28---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C191819202020202019192122222121212019202121191818
Feels °C (?)191820182020232119182019191919191817171819191816
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