Doring Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 18 Apr 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
14.6° C
(Which is 2.2°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: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore and the swell rating is 11.

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

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
!
!
!
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
2.3
SW
3.5
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)1212121211111113131312991011111212121414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20892124240826932008165513471468129999068928793125813598407139103968442051855056460040073415
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
5
NNW
15
N
20
N
25
N
45
NW
50
NW
50
NW
45
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
W
10
WSW
10
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:56PM
1.76
4:08AM
1.85
4:37PM
1.70
4:51AM
1.75
5:22PM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:45AM
-0.08
9:57PM
0.07
10:25AM
-0.03
10:39PM
0.13
11:07AM
0.07
11:24PM
0.23
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-7:09-------7:09-------7:09------
Sunset----6:22-------6:22-------6:21---
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------12----------
Temp. °C151516171616151414141616161715151515151515151414
Feels °C (?)13121213131514121198779891112121112131313
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