Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 11 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
21.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 4AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.9m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (12 Mar)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (12 Mar)5ft (1.6m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
E
1.2
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
Period(s) (?)8899999999999999917161616151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)346341307406432495442451442391333283243238230235194202258367362262251248
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
E
5
ENE
0
SE
5
ENE
5
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
5
E
5
SW
5
SW
0
SSW
0
E
10
S
10
SE
10
SE
5
SW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
10
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassonononcross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:11PM
1.25
8:53AM
1.27
12:11AM
1.23
12:24PM
1.31
1:23AM
1.40
1:26PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:57AM
1.02
4:51PM
0.99
6:15AM
1.03
6:54PM
0.86
7:23AM
0.86
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:28-------6:28--
Sunset6:54-------6:53-------6:52-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262526262627313127242525242527272622222121212423
Feels °C (?)262426262727303026252525252627272623232223232623
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