Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 12 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
21.5° C
(Which is 2.7°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 11PM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)--
Afternoon (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (12 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
2
1
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
2
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121111111111151114141313121212121212128121214
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)265908258785756728618023922521927321637917822034115214910346371080
Wind
(km/h)
0
S
0
NNE
0
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
10
E
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
5
WNW
10
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
5
W
10
WNW
5
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscrossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:01AM
1.60
1:20PM
1.57
1:36AM
1.79
1:56PM
1.73
2:10AM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:41PM
0.71
7:18AM
0.63
7:21PM
0.55
7:53AM
0.44
7:56PM
0.40
8:26AM
0.27
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise-----6:52-------6:52-------6:52--
Sunset6:12-------6:10-------6:09-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------1--
Temp. °C201918181818212221202122232326242119191918181919
Feels °C (?)222119191919212120202223232326222020191915161717
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