Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Dias Beach today (03 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 8s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 1PM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (03 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (03 Sep) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 8s |
| Evening (03 Sep) | 11ft (3.5m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Dias Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Fri night). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 3 | Friday 4 | Saturday 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 12 | S 9 | SSE 7 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 311 | 184 | 252 | 310 | 1805 | 1780 | 1781 | 1973 | 2031 | 1081 | 842 | 1219 | 771 | 854 | 746 | 560 | 441 | 456 | 310 | 310 | 320 | 342 | 309 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on |
High Tide | 7:03AM1.61m | 7:33PM1.70m | 8:05AM1.45m | 8:49PM1.52m | 9:53AM1.35m | 10:53PM1.45m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 12:52PM0.59m | 1:42AM0.71m | 1:53PM0.78m | 3:26AM0.85m | 4:17PM0.90m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  | |  |  |  | |  | | |  |  | | | | | | | | |  | |
 | 6:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — |
mm | — | — | 2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 |
Feels °C | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SSW 10 | S 10 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | S 9 | S 9 | S 15 | S 9 | S 14 | S 14 | SSW 9 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 |
| kJ | 311 | 133 | 154 | 120 | 178 | 178 | 118 | 23 | 144 | 748 | 586 | 4 | 263 | 37 | 60 | 99 | 441 | 372 | 229 | 208 | 204 | 200 | 200 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 7 | SW 12 | SW 12 | E 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 12 | S 15 | S 14 | SSW 14 | SW 10 | S 13 | SSW 8 | S 9 | SW 10 | S 13 | S 13 | S 26 | S 25 |
| kJ | 57 | 184 | 151 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 121 | 17 | 16 | 68 | 106 | 55 | 75 | 127 | 52 | 14 | 31 | 53 | 309 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 14 | WSW 11 | — | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 11 | — | S 13 | — | S 13 | WSW 10 |
| kJ | 79 | 47 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 84 | — | 92 | 87 | 82 | 66 | — | 14 | — | 14 | 39 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | S 9 | SSE 7 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | — | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 |
| kJ | — | — | 252 | 310 | 1805 | 1780 | 1781 | 1973 | 2031 | 1081 | 842 | 1219 | 771 | 854 | 746 | 560 | — | 456 | 310 | 310 | 320 | 342 | 298 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 62 | 670 | 407 | 705 | 1590 | 1289 | 1456 | 1456 | 3554 | 445 | 62 | 62 | 41 | 23 | 41 | 336 | 340 | 336 | 62 | 62 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Dias Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest