Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 09 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
19.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 4PM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (09 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
2
3
3
3
0
2
2
2
2
3
1
2
0
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.5
SSW
0.7
S
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212111811161615151414141414141414141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)278221169155174112291506600568553476469347328407419390379373362295286273
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
WNW
15
ESE
15
E
5
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
5
N
10
W
10
SW
15
S
5
SE
5
E
5
SW
5
NW
10
NW
5
NNE
10
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
0
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:59AM
1.42
7:58PM
1.31
8:15AM
1.28
10:26PM
1.28
11:06AM
1.26
12:14AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:20PM
0.82
1:48AM
0.99
3:16PM
0.92
5:15AM
0.99
5:42PM
0.85
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-6:48-------6:50-------6:50------
Sunset----6:15-------6:15-------6:14---
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------2------
Temp. °C242428282523252525263029232222222220211920191819
Feels °C (?)232428272424252424252927252323232221221920202021
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