Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 18 Jan 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
22.7° C
(Which is 1.4°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 4AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 2.3m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (18 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (18 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
3
!
3
3
1
2
1
2
3
3
3
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.8
SW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)9911121212121212121212121211111111111099911
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41589124131269129012211081920800737644539530422373313142270256139148141129117
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
W
20
WNW
25
W
25
SW
25
SSW
20
S
10
S
5
SSE
0
S
5
N
5
NNW
10
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
0
SSW
5
NNW
5
SW
5
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:40AM
1.82
3:41PM
1.90
4:09AM
1.91
4:12PM
1.95
4:38AM
1.98
4:44PM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:22PM
0.42
9:33AM
0.54
9:52PM
0.34
10:05AM
0.47
10:21PM
0.29
10:37AM
0.42
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise---5:37-------5:37-------5:39----
Sunset------7:45-------7:44-------7:44-
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C191817182020191918181818202120191918181921212119
Feels °C (?)151414131515151717181818181818181918181918171615
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