Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 31 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
19.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 4PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (31 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (31 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.8
SSE
0.4
SSW
1
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.2
ESE
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)99881578888141414131313131312121214149
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10676529089102237291250212207180163158178222219209223264223239384427
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
SE
10
E
5
E
5
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
15
SW
15
S
10
S
5
WSW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NE
5
ENE
15
NE
20
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:04PM
1.90
3:18AM
2.09
3:33PM
1.94
3:46AM
2.12
4:01PM
1.96
4:14AM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:03AM
0.29
9:04PM
0.29
9:29AM
0.24
9:30PM
0.24
9:53AM
0.22
9:54PM
0.23
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:43-------6:43
Sunset--6:28-------6:27-------6:24-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222422212121201923242220202121222524252627272627
Feels °C (?)222322222221201923242322222223232525252527282628
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