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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 21 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
21.1° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 12PM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (21 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (21 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
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)
4
3
2
0
0
0
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
5
0
0
0
5
6
5
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121212121213131315151514141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1188126612978647827827698167067959081174193927021976272758396355626764256425633553364862
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
20
NE
20
E
25
E
30
E
25
E
15
E
0
W
5
W
10
W
20
WSW
40
SW
45
SW
40
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		glassglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:20PM
1.58
5:46AM
1.66
5:53PM
1.54
6:20AM
1.64
6:27PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:19AM
0.17
11:29PM
0.05
11:52AM
0.18
12:00AM
0.08
12:28PM
0.22
12:33AM
0.15
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise-5:26-------5:28-------5:28------
Sunset----7:30-------7:29-------7:29---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161821232221201918212423212021201920212120191817
Feels °C (?)141518201818202119212218141518171616171716171716
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