Arniston surf break

Arniston surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 01 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
20.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Arniston today?

The current surf forecast for Arniston at 6PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (01 Apr)4ft (1.2m)8s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
1
2
3
2
3
3
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)1414141413131313121212121413131399999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)186205205205225175249241301292292248521368394382320326325293256207164164
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
W
20
ENE
15
NNE
15
E
20
ESE
15
SE
15
SSW
10
W
10
NNE
10
N
10
W
25
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crossononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:07PM
1.83
3:17AM
1.99
3:35PM
1.83
3:44AM
1.96
4:03PM
1.81
4:11AM
1.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:08AM
0.07
9:11PM
0.13
9:34AM
0.06
9:37PM
0.14
9:59AM
0.08
10:03PM
0.19
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise-------6:50-------6:52-------6:52
Sunset--6:34-------6:32-------6:30-----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1-23331------
Temp. °C212121202019192022252422212019202023211919181817
Feels °C (?)222121212220211921242222222120212221171515141514
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