Doring Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.80° S 18.23° E

Issued: 7 am 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Doring Bay sea temperature is

15.2°C

Doring Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Doring Bay today (31 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with WSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with WSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Doring Bay at 12PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	12s
Afternoon (31 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	11s
Evening (31 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Sun afternoon, calm by Mon morning).
	Saturday 31							Sunday 1								Monday 2
	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
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	3	2	1	0	0	2	3	3	3	1	1	0	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 12	WSW 11	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 8	SSW 8
Wave Graph
kJ	689	660	637	642	626	713	463	778	1036	1418	1537	1211	1034	1034	851	724	646	635	561	503	389	471	475
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide		6:43AM1.41m				7:11PM1.32m					8:01AM1.33m				8:42PM1.22m				9:33AM1.32m				10:19PM1.22m
Low Tide				12:52PM0.46m				1:25AM0.46m					2:23PM0.55m				2:57AM0.55m				4:12PM0.53m


	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	15	16	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	16	17	17	16	15	15	14	15	16	17	16	15	14
Feels °C	14	14	15	14	13	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	10	9	10	11	11	15	12	13	11	11	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 12	WSW 11	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 7	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11
kJ	689	660	637	642	626	713	463	778	1036	1418	1537	1211	1034	1034	851	724	646	209	561	503	389	331	303
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 11	SW 11	SSW 10	SSW 10	SW 14	W 12	W 12	W 11	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 11	W 11	W 11	W 11	SW 12	—	W 10	W 10	W 16	NW 16
kJ	136	91	47	31	43	67	304	330	276	166	46	46	42	9	21	21	21	635	—	8	8	5	10
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 11	SW 11	W 11	SW 16	SW 16	—	SW 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W 11	—	—	W 16	—	W 16
kJ	63	58	2	11	41	—	79	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	—	—	5	—	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 5	SSW 5	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 7	—	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 8	SSW 8
kJ	—	—	75	57	58	69	111	119	127	123	110	145	288	401	436	362	316	—	173	191	362	471	475
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Captains Cape Town	Pastures West Coast	Long Beach Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Silwerstroom West Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	3	2	1	1	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Distance (km)	214	103	259	447	447	259	259	223	259	259	259	446	443	288	274	274	0	0	105	492	492	301	187
Best forecast wave conditions in West Coast		Heaven															The Point (Elands Bay)	Cape St Martin	Heaven				Silwerstroom
Rating (10 max)		3															3	3	3				3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gansbaai Overberg	Whispering Waves Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kamer Van Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Header Global	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Ouano Lefts New Caledonia	St Vincent Left New Caledonia	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Niyodo Rivermouth Japan	Nunoshima Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Niyodo Rivermouth Japan	Afife Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Malaking Gasang (Baler) Philippines	Trial Harbour Australia	Boat Basin Lefts Guam	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lebu Chile	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

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