Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 29 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
20.0° 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: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (29 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
0.7
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)10141311131111101010109999999986788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)253161444307186205198222184204192175175205166162132102786954181210392
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
W
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
0
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassononononcross-
on
glasscrossglassononononglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:56PM
1.69
2:14AM
1.89
2:33PM
1.81
2:47AM
2.01
3:04PM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:00AM
0.52
8:06PM
0.47
8:34AM
0.39
8:37PM
0.36
9:03AM
0.29
9:04PM
0.29
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
Sunrise-6:41-------6:41-------6:41------
Sunset----6:30-------6:29-------6:28---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171720212018171717172020191817171718232322212021
Feels °C (?)171720191818171717171918181918181719242223222322
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