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Dias Beach surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am 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
22.9° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 3AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
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!
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SW
1.7
SW
2.3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
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
Period(s) (?)10999991010991112121213121212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)148133119949413317528142991124693045133312411099965890737644614521423366313
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
20
S
20
SSW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
5
SW
5
W
5
NW
5
WNW
10
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:09AM
1.72
3:09PM
1.83
3:40AM
1.82
3:41PM
1.90
4:09AM
1.91
4:12PM
1.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
0.51
9:00AM
0.63
9:22PM
0.42
9:33AM
0.54
9:52PM
0.34
10:05AM
0.47
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise---5:37-------5:37-------5:37----
Sunset------7:45-------7:45-------7:44-
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918182020212019181718202120191818171820212119
Feels °C (?)191917182018181615141313141615161717161717181918
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