Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm 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 10PM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)--
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)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
4
3
1
1
1
2
2
3
4
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
S
2
S
1.4
SSW
1.4
S
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.2
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)1313121212111010101010121313121211111010991015
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2477196616431269109848339273577610791332142515251532148513901124815635541449405257209
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
E
15
E
15
ENE
5
N
10
WNW
20
SSW
25
S
20
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
SW
10
S
15
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
25
E
20
E
15
E
20
E
25
ESE
35
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:26PM
1.80
6:56AM
1.91
7:05PM
1.67
7:38AM
1.79
7:46PM
1.53
8:25AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
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
Saturday
10
Sunrise-----5:28-------5:28-------5:30--
Sunset7:45-------7:45-------7:45-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C201918181822262524222120192021222120201919202223
Feels °C (?)171716171821232122201818182019191817171717181818
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