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Pringle Bay Surf Photo: 'Steffan pulling into a typical Pringles closeout' by choppy

Lat Long: 34.34° S 18.83° E

Issued: 7 am 21 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Pringle Bay sea temperature is

15.1° C

1.0°C colder than average for this time of year

Pringle Bay 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	ENE		SW
	14 s	cross- off		14 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 8 am

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

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	E		SW
	13 s	cross- off		13 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 11 am

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

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SE		SW
	13 s	off		13 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 2 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pringle Bay 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	E
	13 s	off		13 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 5 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pringle Bay 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	glass		13 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 8 pm

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

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	ENE		SW	E
	13 s	glass		13 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 August at 11 pm

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

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	NE		SW	E
	12 s	glass		12 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 August at 2 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pringle Bay 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	E
	12 s	glass		12 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 August at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pringle Bay 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	E
	13 s	off		13 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 August at 8 am

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

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SE		SW	WSW
	13 s	off		13 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 August at 11 am

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

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SE		SW
	13 s	off		13 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 August at 2 pm

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

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SE		SW	W
	15 s	off		15 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 August at 5 pm

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

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	SE		SW
	15 s	off		15 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 August at 8 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pringle Bay 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
	15 s	cross- off		15 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 August at 11 pm

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

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	E		SW
	14 s	cross- off		14 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 August at 2 am

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

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SW	E	ESE	SW
	14 s	cross- off	4 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 August at 5 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Pringle Bay 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
	14 s	cross- off	4 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 August at 8 am

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

Image captured 2 hours and 8 minutes after high water (falling ordinary tide). Tide height was 0.9m (3.1 ft). Range 1.97m (6.5 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Pringle Bay Surf Photo: 'Steffan pulling into a typical Pringles closeout' by choppy

Photo: Steffan Sonntag

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User: choppy (2 photos)

Country: South Africa (561 photos)

Photo taken at: 9:00 am 9 Aug 2016