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Doring Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 20 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 2.1°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 11AM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.8m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)13ft (4.0m)12s
Afternoon (20 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (20 Apr)11ft (3.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
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3
2
2
4
3
3
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)121213141414141313131313131212121212141515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)502946694265569453664718412435813041257421741912173417391952208123172707350247675373523150974374
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
0
SSE
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
20
SE
25
S
25
S
15
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:22PM
1.60
5:38AM
1.60
6:13PM
1.48
6:34AM
1.43
7:17PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:07AM
0.07
11:24PM
0.23
11:54AM
0.22
12:17AM
0.37
12:49PM
0.38
1:27AM
0.51
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise-7:09-------7:11-------7:11------
Sunset----6:21-------6:19-------6:17---
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151616161515151414141616161515151514171918191919
Feels °C (?)111212121213131313121412131312111110131312141415
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