Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 08 May 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
18.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dias Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Dias Beach at 4PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 May)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (08 May)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (08 May)10ft (3.0m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, near gales from the NW by Mon morning).

Fri
8
Saturday
9
Sunday
10
Mon
11
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
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4
4
1
2
3
4
2
1
2
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
2.5
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.3
SE
12
2.3
SE
12
2.1
SE
12
2.1
SE
11
1.8
SE
11
1.6
SE
11
1.4
SE
11
1.2
SE
11
1
SE
11
1.9
SW
10
2
SW
12
2.1
SW
12
2
SW
12
1.6
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3166
3507
3621
3364
3364
3174
2800
2458
2077
1771
1539
1422
1208
1073
831
640
475
338
224
798
1129
1305
1167
747
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
15
SSW
5
SSW
0
SSW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
5
NNE
10
WNW
30
WNW
35
NW
35
WNW
45
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
30
N
cross-off
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:54PM1.42m
8:05AM1.34m
9:19PM1.41m
9:47AM1.30m
10:48PM1.49m
Low Tide
1:11PM0.71m
1:57AM0.89m
2:29PM0.79m
3:58AM0.89m
4:13PM0.79m
5:29AM0.77m
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
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7:11
7:11
7:13
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5:44
5:43
5:42
5:40
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
16
16
15
14
14
14
14
17
19
17
17
18
17
17
15
15
16
13
12
12
12
12
14
14
13
15
15
13
13
13
12
16
18
14
15
17
14
10
7
8
6
6
5
4
5
6
7
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3.5
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
3
SE
13
2.5
SE
12
2.5
SE
12
2.3
SE
12
2.3
SE
12
2.1
SE
12
2.1
SE
11
1.8
SE
11
1.6
SE
11
1.4
SE
11
1.2
SE
11
1
SE
11
1.9
SW
10
2
SW
12
2.1
SW
12
2
SW
12
1.6
SW
12
Energy kJ
3166
3507
3621
3364
3364
3174
2800
2458
2077
1771
1539
1422
1208
1073
831
640
475
338
224
798
1129
1305
1167
747
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
S
10
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
16
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.6
SW
14
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
15
0.7
SW
14
0.7
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
14
0.6
SSW
13
0.6
SSW
13
0.6
SSW
13
0.6
SSW
13
0.7
SW
12
0.2
E
9
0.8
SE
11
0.6
SE
11
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
13
0.8
SSW
15
Energy kJ
318
268
261
255
229
223
223
128
220
217
214
183
129
120
120
120
116
154
6
162
71
38
42
242
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SW
17
0.7
SW
13
0.5
S
9
0.4
SSW
16
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.2
E
10
0.7
E
5
0.1
SW
7
0.1
E
9
0.2
SSE
14
0.3
SE
13
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
12
Energy kJ
295
170
40
85
18
18
8
21
2
2
18
28
24
40
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
ESE
4
0.6
E
4
0.5
WNW
3
0.5
NW
3
0.9
W
4
1.6
WSW
10
2.1
WSW
10
1.1
W
5
0.9
WNW
4
0.6
NW
4
0.6
NNW
3
0.6
N
3
Energy kJ
13
9
5
5
19
435
804
52
29
11
8
8
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
Distance (km)
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
23
0
0
62
23
0
0
23
463
119
694
768
259
119
119
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route
Rating
(10 max)
6
5
5
5
5
5
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
1
1
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
8
7
6
6
5
7
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
2
3
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
8
7
6
6
6
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
5
5
4
5
9
7
9
5
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