Doring Bay Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, let's size this up for Doring Bay. This reef break handles a solid SW swell perfectly. The water temp is 55°F, which is about 4.3°F colder than usual — feels a lot more like a winter session, so bring the extra neoprene.

We’ve got a bit of a slow start right now. Today, Sunday the 30th, there’s some 8.2ft SW swell running, but the wind is messy. The morning has a cross-off breeze with clean-ish conditions, and the wave energy is a decent moderate to strong 2008 in the morning (ramping up to 2148 by afternoon). But that afternoon wind shifts and creates lumpy chop, so the surf is pretty marginal. The real story is the best window is still a couple of days off, so if you’re keen, wait.

Monday the 31st stays similar in size, around 6.9ft from the southwest, but the wind is cross-shore all day and it gets pretty bumpy by the afternoon. Surfable but nothing special.

Now, Tuesday, September 1st, is where it starts getting good. The morning session is where you want to be. We’ve got 7.9ft of SW swell with a 13-second period, clean surf thanks to a gentle cross-off southerly breeze, and the combined energy sits at a solid 1817. This is a proper groundswell, and it’ll wrap nicely into Doring Bay. For an intermediate surfer, this is the standout call of the early week. Get on it early before the afternoon wind picks up and lumps it up.

Then Wednesday, September 2nd, gets big. Swell jumps to 9.8ft from the SW with a 14-second period, and the energy readings are pushing strong into the 3000s. This is for experienced crew only — too big for your average surfer, and the forecasts even note it might be too big for this break. Morning has a light breeze and mostly clean lines, but that size is only for those who can handle it.

Things get wild on Thursday the 3rd — strong winds, rain, and sloppy 11.5ft swell. That’s a hard pass. Not surfable.

We ease back down into the following week. Friday the 4th brings cleaner conditions with a 6.2ft swell in the morning, but it’s not as powerful. By Saturday the 5th, it drops to 3.6ft with a clean offshore ESE wind — small, but clean if you’re on a log. There's a nice little window Sunday the 6th with a 16-second period, but at 3.6ft, it’s fat and slow. The week that follows goes very small, with waves dropping under 3ft by Monday the 7th and Tuesday the 8th, and by Tuesday the 8th the energy drops to just 104. That’s barely any push.

From the 9th through the 12th of September, we’re looking at tiny or onshore junk. Not worth paddling out for. There’s a tiny blip on Saturday the 12th afternoon with 5.9ft SS swell, but it's cross-shore and lumpy.

A little late hope on Sunday, September 13th with a clean offshore ESE wind and 3.9ft SSW swell. Small but clean again. After that, it’s back to onshore wind and chop for the last days of the outlook.

So, if I’m you, I’m marking Tuesday morning, September 1st as the pick of the run. Good size, clean conditions, and Doring Bay doing what it does best. Wednesday is for the brave ones only.

Stay safe out there.

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