Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 14 Jan 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
22.6° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 3AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (14 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
3
3
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
S
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SE
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.4
ESE
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111111110101111151513121210121211811111010610
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1571541511491101081231466791177653155614318841010421307248242180166130155125
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
E
5
NE
0
ESE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSW
5
WNW
15
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
S
15
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
NE
10
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassonononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:59AM
1.37
1:11PM
1.57
1:55AM
1.49
1:58PM
1.66
2:36AM
1.61
2:36PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
0.90
7:39PM
0.74
7:40AM
0.82
8:18PM
0.63
8:23AM
0.73
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise---5:33-------5:35-------5:35----
Sunset------7:45-------7:45-------7:45-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------1441-----------
Temp. °C202020212424232221201918181818181818181922222220
Feels °C (?)212121222322222221191615151515141516171921192020
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