Doring Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 12 May 2026 SAST
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Doring Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Doring Bay sea temperature is
14.4° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Doring Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Doring Bay at 1PM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 2.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 May)15ft (4.5m)13s
Afternoon (12 May)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (12 May)11ft (3.5m)12s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Thu night, min 13°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the NW on Tue morning, light winds from the SSE by Thu morning).

Tuesday
12
Wednesday
13
Thursday
14
Fri
15
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
11 PM
2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
3
3
2
2
4
3
4
4
4
4
2
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
WSW
13
4.5
WSW
13
4
WSW
13
4
WSW
13
4
WSW
13
3.5
W
12
3
W
12
2.5
W
12
2.5
WSW
12
2.5
WSW
12
2.5
WSW
12
2.3
WSW
11
2.3
SSW
12
2.1
SSW
12
2.1
SSW
12
2.1
SSW
12
2.1
SSW
12
2.1
SSW
11
1.7
SSW
11
1.6
WSW
12
1.7
SSW
11
1.6
WSW
11
1.4
SSW
11
1.3
WSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
7042
6376
5407
5220
5043
3588
2543
2129
1935
1824
1665
1330
1460
1280
1248
1248
1237
1080
764
737
750
592
486
443
Wind (km/h)
50
NW
50
NW
50
NW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
20
W
10
SW
15
S
15
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:55AM1.33m
00:09AM1.53m
12:44PM1.46m
00:54AM1.66m
1:29PM1.57m
1:39AM1.76m
Low Tide
5:51AM0.43m
5:56PM0.45m
6:38AM0.27m
6:45PM0.35m
7:20AM0.13m
7:30PM0.25m
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:24
7:26
7:26
7:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:00
6:00
5:59
5:58
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1
Temp °C
15
15
16
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
14
13
13
13
14
15
16
17
17
16
6
7
9
8
9
10
11
14
15
13
13
12
12
12
11
10
10
10
11
10
11
13
13
12
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4.5
WSW
13
4.5
WSW
13
4
WSW
13
4
WSW
13
4
WSW
13
3.5
W
12
3
W
12
2.5
W
12
2.5
WSW
12
2.5
WSW
12
2.5
WSW
12
2.3
WSW
11
2.3
SSW
12
2.1
SSW
12
2.1
SSW
12
2.1
SSW
12
2.1
SSW
12
2.1
SSW
11
1.7
SSW
11
1.7
SSW
11
1.7
SSW
11
1.6
WSW
11
1.4
SSW
11
1.3
WSW
11
Energy kJ
7042
6376
5407
5220
5043
3588
2543
2129
1935
1824
1665
1330
1460
1280
1248
1248
1237
1080
764
737
750
592
486
443
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
SSW
13
2.3
SW
13
2.2
SW
13
2
SSW
12
1.8
SSW
12
1.9
SSW
12
2
SSW
12
1.9
WSW
12
2.1
WSW
12
2
WSW
12
1.9
WSW
12
1.6
WSW
12
1.5
WSW
12
1.7
WSW
11
1.6
WSW
12
1.6
WSW
11
1.5
SSW
11
1.3
WSW
11
1.2
SSW
11
Energy kJ
1497
1729
1609
1080
904
980
1144
1000
1121
1024
931
689
612
736
680
592
560
435
340
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
W
20
0.1
SW
20
0.1
SW
20
0.2
WSW
19
0.4
SW
18
0.4
SW
18
0.3
WSW
18
0.7
SW
16
0.8
WSW
16
Energy kJ
8
15
15
36
81
81
61
264
334
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
NW
8
2.5
NW
8
2.5
NW
8
2.3
NW
8
1.6
NW
7
0.4
SSW
3
0.6
S
4
0.9
SSW
4
0.9
S
5
Energy kJ
979
750
773
617
281
4
9
32
37
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
8
4
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
4
Distance (km)
450
257
250
250
256
256
103
103
57
105
103
103
105
0
103
0
0
0
0
57
105
105
57
1
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
4
4
5
5
4
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
9
5
5
5
7
8
5
5
6
9
5
5
4
5
8
9
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
9
5
9
8
8
9
9
9
9
9
7
6
7
6
8
9
9
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
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