Arniston surf break

Arniston surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 08 Dec 2025 SAST
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Arniston surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Arniston sea temperature is
20.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Arniston today?

The current surf forecast for Arniston at 4AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (08 Dec)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (08 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

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Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
3
3
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)121111121212121212121212111112121212121210101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)522248209353353405469569500491527575637433730466417390330415209237232232
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
10
W
15
NW
10
WNW
15
WSW
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
E
35
E
35
E
40
E
45
E
45
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:25AM
1.78
5:39PM
1.66
6:14AM
1.68
6:29PM
1.50
7:08AM
1.58
7:26PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:10PM
0.15
11:38AM
0.33
11:55PM
0.28
12:32PM
0.45
12:43AM
0.41
1:33PM
0.56
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Sunrise---5:18-------5:18-------5:18----
Sunset------7:42-------7:43-------7:44-
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C191818192020202019191920191818181818181919191918
Feels °C (?)181818191917171919181819161413131312121312121211
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