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Doring Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 07 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
17.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Doring Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Doring Bay at 11PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)--
Afternoon (07 Jan)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (07 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
!
!
!
4
3
2
1
2
3
2
3
4
4
2
1
!
!
!
3
4
4
3
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1212121212121212121211111111111111121110101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18712107218322191821165614381374113010408519471259144714471481194920181942963800528375315
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
10
S
20
SSW
25
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
5
WSW
5
NNW
5
NE
15
E
15
SE
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on		glassoffoffcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:13PM
1.46
6:37AM
1.59
6:56PM
1.34
7:19AM
1.48
7:44PM
1.23
8:06AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:15AM
0.28
12:55PM
0.36
12:54AM
0.40
1:42PM
0.46
1:36AM
0.53
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-----5:50-------5:50-------5:50--
Sunset7:55-------7:55-------7:55-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181716161617181919191918171720202019191921253025
Feels °C (?)131414161617161617192019171718161515201921222820
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