Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 26 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
15.2° C
(Which is 4.1°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 4AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (26 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
0
1
1
!
!
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.8
W
2
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)111111101010101010109999998881011111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2912472425806097248007245464413322521641552072673614505348691800201718661466
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
SW
10
SSE
15
ESE
10
SSE
5
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:34PM
1.06
9:21AM
1.06
10:41PM
1.06
11:24AM
1.09
12:11AM
1.19
12:38PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:51AM
0.58
4:06PM
0.54
5:12AM
0.56
5:52PM
0.47
6:35AM
0.43
6:52PM
0.36
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise---6:52-------6:54-------6:54----
Sunset------6:49-------6:47-------6:46-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818181819191918181818192020191918191819191919
Feels °C (?)181617171819191917181917181616161716171415151617
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