Arniston surf break

Arniston surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 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 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arniston today?

The current surf forecast for Arniston at 11PM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)--
Afternoon (07 Apr)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (07 Apr)7ft (2.1m)13s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131312131313121212121212111216151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15101558130811631012888813630538423416344280224216157134261414649623529469469
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
E
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
SSW
5
W
10
SSW
0
E
0
NW
15
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
NE
10
N
10
WSW
15
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
crossglassglassononononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53PM
1.41
5:59AM
1.40
6:32PM
1.27
6:39AM
1.26
7:47PM
1.15
8:17AM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:47PM
0.61
12:15PM
0.61
12:25AM
0.75
1:09PM
0.73
1:46AM
0.88
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise-----6:56-------6:56-------6:58--
Sunset6:25-------6:24-------6:22-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181818171717202423212122222123252321212123232323
Feels °C (?)141314131414172121212222212224242120212223222220
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