Donkin Bay surf break

Donkin Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 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
14.5° C
(Which is 2.6°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 12PM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)16s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
0
3
2
3
2
3
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)111112121212161515141414141313131313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3203693433553493435196167201126111111541058854711769769769769769746649619540
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
W
15
WSW
15
NNE
5
NNE
10
ENE
10
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
SSW
20
S
30
NW
10
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
15
SSW
15
S
20
SW
20
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:11AM
1.13
8:20PM
1.08
8:54AM
1.05
10:17PM
1.10
10:48AM
1.09
11:35PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
0.66
2:10AM
0.77
3:20PM
0.71
4:58AM
0.75
5:19PM
0.64
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-7:03-------7:03-------7:03------
Sunset----6:32-------6:31-------6:30---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------131--------
Temp. °C262630302625262626273121221919212120212019181717
Feels °C (?)222326272424262625242819191620212220211918181717
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