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Arniston Surf Photo: 'Lefthander' by Anton Hunt

Issued: 1 am 18 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Arniston sea temperature is

15.9°C

0.2°

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
	SE	NE	ENE	SE	SW
	10 s	cross- on	5 s	10 s	11 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 August 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
	SE	ENE	ENE	SE	SW
	10 s	cross- on	5 s	9 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 August 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
	WSW	NE	ENE	WSW	SE
	13 s	cross- on	5 s	13 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 August 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
	WSW	NE	E	WSW	E
	12 s	cross- on	9 s	13 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 August 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
	WSW	NE	ENE	WSW	SE
	12 s	cross	6 s	12 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August 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
	WSW	N	ENE	E	WSW
	12 s	cross- off	7 s	7 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August 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
	WSW	NW		WSW	E
	12 s	off		12 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August 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
	WSW	W		WSW	E
	12 s	off		12 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August 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
	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	E
	12 s	cross- off	3 s	12 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August 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
	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	E
	12 s	cross- off	4 s	12 s	8 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August 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
	WSW	WSW	WSW	E	SE
	11 s	cross- off	11 s	7 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August 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
	WSW	WSW	WSW	E	ESE
	11 s	cross- off	11 s	8 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 11 August 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
	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	E
	10 s	cross- off	10 s	16 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 August 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
	WSW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW
	10 s	off	9 s	10 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 August 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
	WSW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW
	15 s	off	10 s	10 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 August 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
	WSW	NW		WSW	WSW
	14 s	cross- off		11 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 August 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
	WSW	NNW		WSW	E
	11 s	cross- off		14 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 12 August at 2 pm

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

Image captured 2 hours and 5 minutes after low water (rising ordinary tide). Tide height was 0.7m (2.2 ft). Range 2.49m (8.2 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Arniston Surf Photo: 'Lefthander' by Anton Hunt

Needs a westerly wind and full tide

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User: Anton Hunt (1 photo)

Country: South Africa (562 photos)

Photo taken at: 1:36 pm 11 Aug 2013