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Doring Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 11 Jan 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
18.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Doring Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Doring Bay at 7AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (11 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (11 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
1
2
2
3
1
1
1
2
1
2
3
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121212181716151514131313121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3134003767426576466255515426428441014107611249511086969940786899813614650563
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
WNW
20
W
15
W
5
W
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
15
W
20
WSW
35
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
15
SW
25
SW
30
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		glasscross-
on		ononononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:43PM
1.14
9:04AM
1.27
9:57PM
1.09
10:15AM
1.21
11:21PM
1.10
11:32AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30AM
0.64
3:47PM
0.61
3:50AM
0.71
5:13PM
0.61
5:30AM
0.71
6:25PM
0.56
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise---5:52-------5:52-------5:54----
Sunset------7:55-------7:55-------7:55-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C221817192121201817171819202019181817161719201918
Feels °C (?)211716182020202017171820201915161516171818171616
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