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Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 15 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
22.8° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 10AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (15 Jan)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (15 Jan)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
S
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.7
SE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SE
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SE
1.2
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
Period(s) (?)14131212121288711101010107999999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61355114851369500365346257206180170160154154131237731199464139251948745
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
25
SSW
20
S
15
SE
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
NNW
10
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
25
SW
15
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:58PM
1.66
2:36AM
1.61
2:36PM
1.75
3:09AM
1.72
3:09PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:40AM
0.82
8:18PM
0.63
8:23AM
0.73
8:51PM
0.51
9:00AM
0.63
9:22PM
0.42
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-5:35-------5:35-------5:37------
Sunset----7:45-------7:45-------7:45---
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
331---1-------11-------1
Temp. °C191717181818181818192223222120201919202121212018
Feels °C (?)151313151515161717192121212121201819201918171815
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