Arniston surf break

Arniston surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 11 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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arniston today?

The current surf forecast for Arniston at 5AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131312121212121211111111111111141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)368342418373472357346281320304299269269260104977978575678214257236
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
W
10
E
15
ENE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
NE
0
WSW
5
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
ENE
15
E
20
E
20
ESE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
onononcross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:33PM
1.16
10:58AM
1.17
11:52PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:54AM
0.86
5:21PM
0.71
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise---6:58-------6:58-------7:00----
Sunset------6:21-------6:19-------6:17-
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191918191920191919191818192020191918171719201919
Feels °C (?)181818211920181818191819191919202119181818181718
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