Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 19 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
21.9° C
(Which is 1.8°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 11PM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)--
Afternoon (19 Mar)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (19 Mar)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
1
3
2
1
2
3
4
4
4
3
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131212111111111110101212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1091953826642538722891105611601144115211041124953620417237433400387322311247243
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
10
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
30
WSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
NE
0
NW
5
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:05PM
2.08
4:20AM
2.25
4:38PM
2.08
4:54AM
2.23
5:12PM
2.02
5:30AM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:04PM
0.12
10:29AM
0.10
10:35PM
0.12
11:02AM
0.14
11:07PM
0.19
11:36AM
0.24
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:33-------6:35--
Sunset6:44-------6:43-------6:42-------
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232222211920222221191818181819201918181818182122
Feels °C (?)242323211617171718171718171717171615161719192121
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