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Arniston Surf Photo: 'Arniston surf ' by Martin Bouwer

Issued: 7 pm 03 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Arniston sea temperature is

16.0° C

0.1°

Arniston surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	ESE	E	SW	SSE
	12 s	on	5 s	12 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 March at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Arniston around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	ESE	E	SW	SSE
	12 s	on	5 s	12 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 March at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Arniston around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	E	E	SW	SSE
	12 s	on	6 s	12 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 March at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Arniston around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	ESE	E	SW	SSE
	13 s	on	6 s	13 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 6 March at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Arniston around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	ESE	E	SW	S
	13 s	on	6 s	13 s	22 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 March at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Arniston around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	ESE		SW	E
	13 s	on		13 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 March at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Arniston around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	ESE		SW	SSW
	19 s	on		13 s	19 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 March at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Arniston around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	S		SW	SSW
	18 s	glass		14 s	18 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 March at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Arniston around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	SSW		SSW	E
	18 s	cross- off		18 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 March at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Arniston around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	SW		SSW	E
	17 s	cross- off		17 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 March at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Arniston around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	SW		SW	ESE
	16 s	cross- off		16 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 March at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Arniston around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WSW		SW	ESE
	16 s	cross- off		16 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 7 March at 11 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Arniston around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	W		SW	E
	16 s	cross- off		16 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 March at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Arniston around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WSW		SW	E
	15 s	cross- off		15 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 March at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Arniston around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WSW		SW	E
	15 s	glass		15 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 March at 8 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Arniston around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SW		SW
	14 s	glass		14 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 March at 11 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Arniston around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SSE		SW
	14 s	glass		14 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 March at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Arniston around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 2 hours and 39 minutes before high water (rising spring tide). Tide height was 1.3m (4.2 ft). Range 2.59m (8.5 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Arniston Surf Photo: 'Arniston surf ' by Martin Bouwer

Sick day in Arniston with some sick rights...

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User: Martin Bouwer (3 photos)

Country: South Africa (562 photos)

Photo taken at: 1:41 pm 7 Mar 2015