Dias Beach Surf Forecast

/ Garden Route (22 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.12° S 22.12° E)

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Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 17.8° 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 8PM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	11s
Evening (18 Sep)	6.5ft (2.0m)	12s

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

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	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	4	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	!	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1126	1022	1288	1071	1019	885	765	576	225	651	974	1508	757	705	675	630	533	418	315	282	269	199	199	196
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSE	E	NE	NE	ENE	E	ESE	E	E	E	ENE	WNW	WNW	SW	SSW	SW	W	NW	WNW	NNE	E	E	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	2:01PM 1.79				2:18AM 1.77				2:35PM 1.93				2:50AM 1.86				3:05PM 2.04				3:19AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)			8:20PM 0.51				8:27AM 0.45				8:50PM 0.40				8:53AM 0.36				9:16PM 0.32				9:17AM 0.29

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	14	13	13	13	17	18	17	16	17	17	17	19	24	20	18	16	15	15	14	15	17	18
Feels °C (?)	12	13	13	11	11	10	13	13	11	12	14	15	16	16	20	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Dias Beach (light winds from the S.(Wind varies from 150 to 210 degs) at George Airport 26 km from Dias Beach). 2.5m 11s groundswell from the S with a 0.8m 14s groundswell from the SSE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 26 minutes ago Dias Beach

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26 km away, 2 h 26 min ago

7 km/h

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17.8

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