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Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 09 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
22.1° 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 6PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (09 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (09 Jan)6ft (1.8m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
0
0
1
2
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.1
S
0.8
S
2.2
ESE
2.3
ESE
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
2.1
E
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.6
S
1.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121111101091010157714137121212112120191816
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)122011609277345304344053702312794294925724614703332742562045751126141616461841
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
20
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
15
E
25
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
15
E
5
ENE
5
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
0
WSW
5
W
10
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		ononcross-
on		glassglassoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:46PM
1.53
8:25AM
1.67
8:35PM
1.41
9:23AM
1.56
9:47PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:43PM
0.75
1:39AM
0.67
2:36PM
0.85
2:28AM
0.79
3:50PM
0.92
3:39AM
0.89
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-------5:30-------5:31-------5:31
Sunset--7:45-------7:45-------7:45-----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212120201919182022232220202020212525242221212123
Feels °C (?)191817181617171919181717182122232625252425242325
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