Arniston surf break

Arniston surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 31 Mar 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
19.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Arniston today?

The current surf forecast for Arniston at 11AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (31 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (31 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.3
E
1.3
E
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)99910101099131414881413131313121212141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)104106587172837388101140200239245210225175249241227252358357672545
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
30
E
25
E
20
E
20
ESE
10
ESE
5
NNE
5
WSW
15
SW
5
SW
10
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
25
ENE
10
ESE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
E
0
N
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:20AM
1.90
2:37PM
1.78
2:49AM
1.97
3:07PM
1.83
3:17AM
1.99
3:35PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:40AM
0.13
8:43PM
0.15
9:08AM
0.07
9:11PM
0.13
9:34AM
0.06
9:37PM
0.14
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise-6:50-------6:50-------6:50------
Sunset----6:35-------6:34-------6:32---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181819212020202019192121202221202021222321212122
Feels °C (?)151416191921222219212321202222222320232220212424
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