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Doring Bay surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 14 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
18.3° 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 1PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (14 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (14 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s

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

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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
!
0
0
1
1
3
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
2.4
SW
1.8
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111111121212121111999101010101010779
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)69664058958948862276095415738692167212614221236108414421138733533461747516675859
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
SSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
30
S
30
S
35
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
15
S
5
S
0
SSW
15
SW
25
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:36PM
1.26
1:22AM
1.25
1:25PM
1.34
2:02AM
1.35
2:06PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
0.65
7:17PM
0.48
7:33AM
0.56
7:57PM
0.39
8:13AM
0.47
8:32PM
0.30
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise-5:54-------5:56-------5:56------
Sunset----7:55-------7:55-------7:54---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171819202019191818171818181717161616181818171616
Feels °C (?)171817171819201714121212111113141616151412101012
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