Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 09 Apr 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
19.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 8AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
2
1
2
2
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
3
0
2
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.5
SSW
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121211181116161515141414141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)347336278221169155174112291506600568553476425347431342419390379373362295
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
20
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
S
10
SE
15
E
5
W
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
S
5
SE
5
W
10
WSW
5
W
10
NNW
20
NNE
5
NNE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscrossononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:59AM
1.42
7:58PM
1.31
8:15AM
1.28
10:26PM
1.28
11:06AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:41AM
0.84
1:20PM
0.82
1:48AM
0.99
3:16PM
0.92
5:15AM
0.99
5:42PM
0.85
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise---6:48-------6:50-------6:50----
Sunset------6:15-------6:15-------6:14-
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
1------1----------21---1
Temp. °C262726252828262425252525312822212222202122232020
Feels °C (?)252525252828252525252424302723222223191923222022
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