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adam melling at j-bay, Super Tubes

10:18 am 14 Jul 2011

Spit, Koeel Bay

3:51 pm 6 Sep 2011


Arniston ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.3
Consistency of surf: 3.3
Difficulty level: 2.3
Wind and kite surfing: 1.0
Crowds: 4.3

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Arniston Surf Forecast / South Africa

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 13 pm Saturday 02 Jun 2012

Arniston surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Energy
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 2.3
WSW
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Period (s) (?) 12 11 11 9 13 12 12 14 13 13 16 15 14 14 13 12 12 12
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Max-energy 1485 344 258 287 390 677 560 902 890 918 4490 4562 3801 2462 1619 3005 4749 3634
Wind
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W 5
SE 15
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E 10
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WSW 15
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S 25
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SSE 5
NW 20
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Arniston blow from the WNW
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Today's Arniston sea temperature is 16.9 °C (Statistics for 02 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 17.6 max: 18.7 min: 16.4 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 24°C on Mon afternoon, min 16°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light. Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue night. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, fresh winds from the W by Fri afternoon).
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Summary some clouds some clouds clear clear clear clear clear clear clear clear rain shwrs some clouds some clouds some clouds some clouds rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs
Rain (mm) - - - - - - - - - - 6 - - - - 1 1 1
High °C 19 18 19 20 19 20 24 23 17 17 15 13 14 13 14 18 16 16
Low °C 18 17 17 20 17 16 23 17 16 16 13 12 14 13 13 17 14 13
Chill °C (?) 19 18 19 20 19 20 24 23 17 17 14 12 13 13 13 17 14 14
Sunrise - - 7:31 - - 7:31 - - 7:31 - - 7:31 - - 7:33 - - 7:33
Sunset 17:30 - - 17:29 - - 17:29 - - 17:29 - - 17:29 - - 17:29 - -
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