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Doring Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 13 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
18.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Doring Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Doring Bay at 5AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (13 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (13 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
3
2
!
!
!
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121111111111111111111212121211111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)969940786761813800593563544891756640640589544506773970107621432166194114461422
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
S
0
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
5
SSW
5
WSW
20
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglasscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:21PM
1.10
11:32AM
1.21
12:31AM
1.16
12:36PM
1.26
1:22AM
1.25
1:25PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:30AM
0.71
6:25PM
0.56
6:43AM
0.65
7:17PM
0.48
7:33AM
0.56
7:57PM
0.39
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise---5:54-------5:54-------5:56----
Sunset------7:55-------7:55-------7:55-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171716172020201918171718192020191919181717181717
Feels °C (?)141516191917161415161718171818192021171211121013
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