Arniston surf break

Arniston surfForecast / Overberg / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 10 Mar 2026 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
21.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Arniston today?

The current surf forecast for Arniston at 1PM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (10 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Evening (10 Mar)7ft (2.1m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
2
0
1
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
E
2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)777777888888999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)273308376423508491459427473497522482572572516474474484564517516459397332
Wind
(km/h)
30
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
35
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
E
30
E
30
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
20
ENE
10
NE
10
ESE
20
SSE
10
SE
10
S
5
SE
0
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:49PM
1.22
7:02AM
1.24
8:04PM
1.07
9:20AM
1.10
12:05AM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:42PM
0.66
12:39AM
0.76
1:35PM
0.80
1:46AM
0.91
5:16PM
0.85
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
Sunrise-6:33-------6:33-------6:35------
Sunset----7:04-------7:02-------7:01---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191920202020191919192224232121212225292323222222
Feels °C (?)161516161517171717172121202121212124282224242525
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Arniston surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest