Dias Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 03 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
19.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 4AM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)6ft (1.9m)12s
Afternoon (03 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
3
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
WSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.2
WSW
1
WSW
1.4
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
Period(s) (?)13131312121212121212111111111010810111215161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16591634138710958368057366034564804393963893282832122601187206130897248106811161910749
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
NE
5
NNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
SW
15
S
10
SE
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
NW
15
WNW
25
W
20
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
20
SSW
25
SW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
on
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:47AM
1.60
4:07PM
1.47
4:14AM
1.55
4:34PM
1.42
4:42AM
1.47
5:02PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
0.12
10:03AM
0.06
10:08PM
0.15
10:30AM
0.11
10:35PM
0.21
10:56AM
0.19
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise---6:58-------7:00-------7:01----
Sunset------6:37-------6:37-------6:36-
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-52-2-------------------
Temp. °C201818181919201919191818191919191918181818181818
Feels °C (?)211919192020201919191717181516181914141415141412
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