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Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 17 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
22.7° 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 5PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
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)
0
0
0
0
0
2
!
3
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.8
SW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)9910109911121212121212121212121211111111119
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9410817532040691124131290120112211081920890737644614530422373313142270260201
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SW
25
WSW
25
W
20
W
25
W
25
SW
25
SSW
20
S
10
S
5
S
5
S
0
W
0
NW
10
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
0
SE
5
NNW
0
WNW
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:09PM
1.83
3:40AM
1.82
3:41PM
1.90
4:09AM
1.91
4:12PM
1.95
4:38AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:00AM
0.63
9:22PM
0.42
9:33AM
0.54
9:52PM
0.34
10:05AM
0.47
10:21PM
0.29
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise-------5:37-------5:37-------5:39
Sunset--7:45-------7:45-------7:44-----
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light rain
rain showers
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clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202021201917161820202019181818182021201919181819
Feels °C (?)201818161513121314151617171718181818171819181819
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