Donkin Bay Surf Forecast

/ West Coast (18 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (31.81° S 18.23° E)

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Donkin Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 08 Sep 2025 SAST

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

Today's Donkin Bay sea temperature is 12.6° C
(Which is 2.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Donkin Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Donkin Bay at 3AM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	14s
Afternoon (08 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	14s
Evening (08 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	14s

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

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		Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	4	3	2	3	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1812	1830	1830	1712	1688	1680	1537	1418	1349	1349	1249	1019	990	965	799	772	668	610	538	464	447	481	521	644
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SW	NW	NNW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	WNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NW	W	SW	SSW	SE	SSE	SSW	SSE	WSW	SW	SW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	glass	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			3:22AM 1.76				3:38PM 1.92				3:59AM 1.78				4:14PM 1.93				4:37AM 1.74				4:51PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	9:18PM 0.01				9:27AM 0.01				9:53PM -0.05				10:01AM 0.00				10:30PM -0.05				10:37AM 0.04

		Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	13	13	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	17	16	15	14
Feels °C (?)	13	13	12	12	15	12	13	13	13	11	11	11	12	13	12	13	15	14	14	14	17	14	13	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Donkin Bay (calm at Vredendal 30 km from Donkin Bay). A 2.0m groundswell from the SW
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30 km away, 45 min ago

4 km/h

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12.6

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