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Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 13 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
21.6° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 1PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (13 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (13 Mar)2ft (0.6m)17s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Mon
16
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)
2
2
1
0
0
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ESE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.1
SE
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
E
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SE
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)99999171616161514141413812128876141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)238230194199194202258367362262251248151140151757145514846101130181
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
5
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:24PM
1.31
1:23AM
1.40
1:26PM
1.46
1:54AM
1.59
2:01PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:15AM
1.03
6:54PM
0.86
7:23AM
0.86
7:36PM
0.69
7:58AM
0.68
8:07PM
0.53
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Mon
16
Sunrise-6:28-------6:28-------6:30------
Sunset----6:52-------6:51-------6:50---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C262528272523222121222222212020201920242424222222
Feels °C (?)272628272524232223252323212020212022262526252525
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