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Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 07 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
22.5° 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 11AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (07 Jan)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (07 Jan)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
!
!
1
1
2
2
4
3
1
1
1
2
2
3
4
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
S
1.4
SSW
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
2.1
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)121214141313121212111010101010121213131211101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)193321512876303324771966164312941098492386432314816117014278351275132312511005785650535
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SSW
20
SSE
20
SE
20
E
15
E
10
NE
5
NNW
10
WNW
20
SSW
25
S
20
SSW
25
SW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		glassoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:16AM
2.00
6:26PM
1.80
6:56AM
1.91
7:05PM
1.67
7:38AM
1.79
7:46PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:19PM
0.52
12:24AM
0.44
12:59PM
0.63
1:00AM
0.55
1:43PM
0.75
1:39AM
0.67
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise-5:26-------5:28-------5:28------
Sunset----7:45-------7:45-------7:45---
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202022212018181818222625242221202020212221202019
Feels °C (?)161618171715161718212321222017171919191918181717
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