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Doring Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 18 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
15.5° C
 (Which is 3.3°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 2PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (18 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (18 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
!
0
0
0
!
!
4
4
2
1
0
0
!
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.4
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)10111212121212121212121111888999999910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8161567218026273015318327812360205917881470117013638991029869784723578591614387702850
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
30
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
35
S
20
S
10
SE
5
S
15
SSW
25
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
30
S
10
SSE
0
E
5
ESE
10
SSE
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
15
SSE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:17PM
1.56
3:44AM
1.61
3:50PM
1.59
4:16AM
1.67
4:24PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:20AM
0.31
9:33PM
0.17
9:52AM
0.26
10:02PM
0.13
10:23AM
0.22
10:32PM
0.12
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise-5:58-------5:58-------6:00------
Sunset----7:54-------7:54-------7:53---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161618171717161515161719191817181820252522222226
Feels °C (?)1210121089101114151415121113171920232016182023
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