Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 24 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
20.9° C
(Which is 1.0°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 12PM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.0m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)5ft (1.5m)14s
Afternoon (24 Mar)7ft (2.2m)8s
Evening (24 Mar)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
!
2
1
0
!
!
!
4
3
2
1
1
4
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
3
E
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
2.5
ESE
3
ESE
3.5
E
3
E
2.4
ESE
2.2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
SSW
1.1
ESE
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.8
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)148141389109999991199911101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9391130780617783149424571727917753592456344475202165135133310298286263240200
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
15
ENE
15
E
20
E
25
E
15
ESE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
5
SW
5
W
5
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:53AM
1.79
7:21PM
1.56
7:51AM
1.57
8:40PM
1.40
9:31AM
1.39
10:57PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:57PM
0.58
1:08AM
0.69
2:01PM
0.78
2:41AM
0.89
4:36PM
0.88
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise-6:37-------6:37-------6:37------
Sunset----6:37-------6:36-------6:35---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1------------------
Temp. °C191924252321242424212224222020201919212120181818
Feels °C (?)171823242121252624212222212121212021211918171719
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