Doring Bay Surf Forecast

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South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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Doring Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 13.6° C
(Which is 1.7°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 1AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s
Afternoon (19 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	11s
Evening (19 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s

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

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	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	478	394	334	173	157	160	204	394	288	288	246	296	194	151	145	113	106	83	70	68	47	46	49	92
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	S	S	SW	WNW	NW	NNW	NW	W	WSW	SW	S	S	S	S	S	SW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)				1:46AM 1.49					2:03PM 1.63				2:20AM 1.57				2:34PM 1.71				2:51AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		7:47PM 0.29				7:57AM 0.24					8:21PM 0.19				8:28AM 0.18				8:52PM 0.12				8:57AM 0.14

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-
Sunset	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	15	14	16	17	22	24	21	17	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	14	14	14
Feels °C (?)	8	10	10	10	13	14	18	19	15	15	13	14	13	14	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Doring Bay (calm at Vredendal 30 km from Doring Bay). 1.2m 10s swell from the SSW with a 1.2m 5s windswell, also from the SSW and a 0.4m 10s swell, also from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 57 minutes ago Doring Bay

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30 km away, 1 h 57 min ago

4 km/h

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13.6

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