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Doughnuts Backreef surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 15 Jan 2026 SAST
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Doughnuts Backreef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Doughnuts Backreef sea temperature is
21.2° C
 (Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Doughnuts Backreef today?

The current surf forecast for Doughnuts Backreef at 9PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (15 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (15 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
2.4
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)13131212121211111111111010101010910101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12694064319127082281199791468361750544136931828414223621715718422740859710491682
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:03PM
1.29
2:37AM
1.25
2:43PM
1.38
3:11AM
1.36
3:17PM
1.47
3:43AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:30PM
0.40
8:37AM
0.45
9:04PM
0.30
9:12AM
0.36
9:34PM
0.21
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-------5:22-------5:22-------5:24
Sunset--7:31-------7:31-------7:30-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
111------1--------------
Temp. °C202019191919191919192020191918202123222120201920
Feels °C (?)161716161617171717171919181919212021201917161415
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