Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 15 Jul 2025 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
16.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 3AM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 15). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jul)7ft (2.2m)14s
Afternoon (15 Jul)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (15 Jul)11ft (3.5m)18s

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

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Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
SW
2.2
WSW
2.3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5.5
SW
6
SW
6
SW
5.5
SW
5.5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SSW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SSE
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
Period(s) (?)11111414141413181716161616151414121313131417171616161616151515151414141414141413131313131313131313121210101191111887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)117212862228197920022087284265117547714157115468437634244186405437384012405643805837126711330913431155021729216457150841343910531923780426934585450724186378332532719237621871947191819021906219420572050202632663793247021311953195618091847175116211517
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
N
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
30
W
30
W
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
5
SE
10
SSE
25
SE
35
SE
30
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
SW
15
W
20
WNW
30
NW
40
NW
40
NNW
40
NNW
35
S
60
S
45
S
45
SSE
50
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
40
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:59AM
1.36
6:27PM
1.49
6:45AM
1.29
7:12PM
1.44
7:38AM
1.21
8:05PM
1.38
8:43AM
1.13
9:11PM
1.31
10:04AM
1.09
10:30PM
1.27
11:31AM
1.12
11:51PM
1.29
12:45PM
1.20
1:00AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:59PM
0.23
12:05PM
0.18
12:44AM
0.26
12:47PM
0.26
1:35AM
0.30
1:36PM
0.34
2:36AM
0.35
2:38PM
0.43
3:50AM
0.39
3:59PM
0.49
5:14AM
0.38
5:31PM
0.48
6:30AM
0.32
6:50PM
0.41
7:32AM
0.24
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Sunrise---7:50-------7:48-------7:48-------7:48-------7:48-------7:47-------7:47-------7:46
Sunset------5:52-------5:53-------5:54-------5:54-------5:55-------5:57-------5:57-----
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Rain (mm)
--11-------------2431---111---------------------3125311111111
Temp. °C141413121314151414141313131515151413141415151515151414141414141413121213151515151514141414141414131311111213121312121212
Feels °C (?)10109910101110101088799988109878910910101211987891013121211121112121076656-2122233445
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Dias Beach (light winds from the SW at Cape Point (68916 -0) 1 km from Dias Beach). not gfswave

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1 h 49 min ago

11 km/h
SW
Cross-On
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