Doughnuts Backreef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.04° S 25.49° E

Issued: 7 am 26 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Doughnuts Backreef sea temperature is

17.8°C

Doughnuts Backreef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Doughnuts Backreef today (26 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Doughnuts Backreef at 12PM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (26 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Afternoon (26 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Evening (26 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s

Table - waves today at Doughnuts Backreef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Mon night. Warm (max 20°C on Mon afternoon, min 16°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.
	Monday 26							Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 8	SW 8	SW 8	SW 8	S 10	S 10	SW 11	SW 10	ESE 6	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	196	120	84	46	106	96	172	100	247	149	130	130	130	109	143	93	93	95	109	119	94	106	84
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	WNW	ESE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	NE	W	SW	S	SSE	E	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	on	cross-on	glassy	cross-off
High Tide					3:33PM1.83m				3:55AM1.66m				4:09PM1.80m				4:31AM1.63m				4:47PM1.72m
Low Tide			9:20AM0.02m				9:49PM-0.05m				9:56AM0.01m				10:24PM-0.02m				10:33AM0.06m


	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:42	—	—
mm	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	2	8	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	19	19	20	19	19	18	17	16	16	18	20	19	18	17	17	16	18	19	19	19	18	18
Feels °C	19	18	17	18	18	18	19	18	12	12	15	16	15	15	14	15	15	19	18	18	19	18	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 8	SW 8	SW 8	SW 8	S 10	SW 8	SW 11	E 6	WSW 12	WSW 11	E 6	WSW 11	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	E 7	E 7	E 7	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8
kJ	196	120	84	46	106	80	172	80	174	149	137	130	98	109	143	93	148	111	89	109	90	88	84
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 7	SW 7	S 10	S 10	SW 10	SSE 10	S 7	WSW 11	SSE 9	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 10	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	E 7	E 7	E 6	E 7
kJ	28	41	19	28	43	96	48	100	32	26	130	68	130	101	88	59	93	95	109	74	57	41	48
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	WSW 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	SW 9	WSW 11	S 7	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 8	SSE 7	S 8	SSW 13	SE 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 12	WSW 10	WSW 10	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SW 10
kJ	11	27	22	37	26	24	28	92	31	28	57	5	17	16	15	25	93	54	54	119	94	106	84
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	ESE 3	E 3	E 4	E 5	E 5	E 5	—	ESE 6	E 6	—	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	ENE 6	ENE 5	ENE 7	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	3	6	16	28	41	57	—	247	209	—	148	144	150	152	155	45	145	—	—	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Long Beach Cape Town	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Haardebaai Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Distance (km)	0	24	570	660	231	0	0	0	52	192	614	250	232	192	24	24	0	0	52	16	24	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)	J-Bay	Van Stadens Mouth				Van Stadens Mouth	Van Stadens Mouth	Van Stadens Mouth	Albatross						Van Stadens Mouth	Van Stadens Mouth	Seal Point	J-Bay	Kromme Rivermouth	Leftovers	Kromme Rivermouth	Leftovers	J-Bay
Rating (10 max)	2	1				2	2	2	2						2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Country Club (African Beach) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	North Beach Durban/KZN South	Country Club (African Beach) Durban/KZN South	Dolphin Point Overberg	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Strandfontein West Coast	Hout Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Strandfontein West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4
Header Global	Deba Spain	Deba Spain	Afife Portugal	Anglet - Corsaires France	Anglet - Corsaires France	Anglet - Corsaires France	Afife Portugal	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Hanga Poukura Chile	Cavalos de Fao Portugal	Papa Tangaroa Chile	Backdoor United States	Backdoor United States	Arrifana Portugal	Viri Inga O Tuki Chile	Viri Inga O Tuki Chile	Cavalos de Fao Portugal	Anael France	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Dunedin - Cob Cottage New Zealand	Dunedin - Cob Cottage New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	7	7	5	5	7	5	5	5

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

storm austen

Ben Mondy

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Doughnuts Backreef surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

Doughnuts Backreef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at Doughnuts Backreef today (26 Oct):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

British Norms Batten Down the Hatches, Surfers Wax Up the Guns as Storm Austen Approaches.

Surf-Forecast Now Has Webcams

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website