Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 16 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
20.7° C
(Which is 2.1°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 4PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)6ft (1.8m)15s
Afternoon (16 Apr)5ft (1.6m)15s
Evening (16 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SW
1.7
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)161615151414141413131312121211121111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19041608125810871010886862643606512504458325760455528579563423450389331331275
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
NE
10
E
15
SE
15
ESE
5
E
5
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
15
SW
15
S
15
SSW
35
WSW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
ESE
10
E
5
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
ononononglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:44AM
2.11
3:05PM
1.97
3:19AM
2.21
3:41PM
2.03
3:55AM
2.24
4:18PM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:59AM
0.15
9:03PM
0.18
9:33AM
0.08
9:38PM
0.14
10:07AM
0.07
10:14PM
0.15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise-6:54-------6:54-------6:56------
Sunset----6:07-------6:06-------6:05---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------33---------
Temp. °C161619201918171717171918181414141415182020171717
Feels °C (?)15151818171817171717171615811101012141718151515
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