Donkin Bay surf break

Donkin Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 04 Mar 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
16.8° C
(Which is 1.5°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 11AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (04 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (04 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
3
1
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)11111010101010131212121212111111111111101010910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)297319290311377311408878799695624614494461445326657645610475296210217276
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
NE
10
SW
25
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
10
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscrosscrosscrossonononglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:05PM
1.70
4:18AM
1.82
4:36PM
1.66
4:47AM
1.76
5:05PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:04AM
0.03
10:09PM
0.07
10:34AM
0.05
10:38PM
0.12
11:02AM
0.12
11:05PM
0.21
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise-6:37-------6:39-------6:39------
Sunset----7:17-------7:16-------7:15---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151619181818181818192020191818181717181920191817
Feels °C (?)151617141417191919212018181819191616161618191916
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