Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 09 Apr 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
19.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 2PM is: 1.0m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)17s
Evening (09 Apr)5ft (1.6m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
2
1
1
2
4
2
3
4
4
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)121212171616151514141414131313131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5835935425608231164126220272114183616571570128012611299128512661266113710211006944841748
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
5
ENE
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
W
20
WSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
E
10
W
10
SSE
10
ENE
0
WNW
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:59AM
1.03
8:07PM
0.97
8:36AM
0.95
10:20PM
0.98
10:47AM
0.98
11:41PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:25PM
0.59
2:08AM
0.70
3:22PM
0.63
4:48AM
0.68
5:15PM
0.57
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-7:03-------7:03-------7:05------
Sunset----6:30-------6:29-------6:28---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------11-----
Temp. °C222324242424252423232321201920201919191919191919
Feels °C (?)202223232222252221212220201920192020211918181819
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