Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 08 May 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
18.5° 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 12PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 May)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (08 May)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (08 May)10ft (3.0m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 11°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, strong winds from the WNW by Sun afternoon).

Friday
8
Saturday
9
Sunday
10
Mon
11
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
1
2
4
4
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
2.5
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.4
SE
12
2.3
SE
12
2.1
SE
12
2
SE
11
1.8
SE
11
1.6
SE
11
1.4
SE
11
1.1
SE
11
1
SE
11
1.5
SW
10
1.9
SW
12
1.9
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4526
3352
3166
3507
3621
3364
3364
3020
2800
2458
2111
1801
1638
1422
1208
999
756
629
466
293
220
408
1007
993
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
5
NNW
10
WNW
25
WNW
35
WNW
45
NW
45
WNW
40
WNW
45
WNW
35
WNW
30
NW
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
6:54AM1.45m
7:54PM1.42m
8:05AM1.34m
9:19PM1.41m
9:47AM1.30m
10:48PM1.49m
Low Tide
1:11PM0.71m
1:57AM0.89m
2:29PM0.79m
3:58AM0.89m
4:13PM0.79m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
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7:11
7:11
7:11
7:13
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5:44
5:43
5:42
5:40
1
Temp °C
14
13
16
17
16
15
14
14
14
14
17
19
17
17
18
18
16
15
16
17
14
12
11
12
12
11
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
12
16
18
14
15
17
15
10
7
7
7
5
2
3
5
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
2.5
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.4
SE
12
2.3
SE
12
2.1
SE
12
2
SE
11
1.8
SE
11
1.6
SE
11
1.4
SE
11
1.1
SE
11
1
SE
11
1.5
SW
10
1.9
SW
12
1.9
SW
12
Energy kJ
4526
3352
3166
3507
3621
3364
3364
3020
2800
2458
2111
1801
1638
1422
1208
999
756
629
466
293
220
408
1007
993
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
18
1.3
S
10
1.3
S
10
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.6
SW
14
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
13
0.6
SSW
13
0.6
SW
13
0.6
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
12
0.2
E
7
1
SSW
12
0.6
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
Energy kJ
211
307
318
268
261
255
229
223
223
128
220
217
214
211
129
120
120
144
116
184
3
289
69
37
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSW
18
0.6
SW
18
0.7
SW
17
0.7
SW
13
0.5
S
9
0.4
SSW
16
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.1
S
10
0.1
N
6
0.8
SE
11
0.3
SE
13
0.3
SE
13
Energy kJ
214
249
295
170
40
85
18
18
2
1
134
28
27
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
ESE
3
0.7
ENE
4
0.4
WNW
3
0.6
WNW
3
1.1
WNW
4
1.6
W
5
2.2
WSW
10
1.2
W
5
0.9
WNW
4
0.6
NW
4
Energy kJ
12
15
3
6
41
108
853
61
28
12
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
Distance (km)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
23
0
0
62
23
0
0
23
463
119
694
768
259
119
119
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route
Rating
(10 max)
6
5
5
5
5
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
1
1
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
8
7
6
6
5
7
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
2
3
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
8
7
6
6
6
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
5
5
4
5
9
7
9
5
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