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Doughnuts Backreef surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa
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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
18.7° C
(Which is 2.7°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 5PM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 11). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 May) | 18ft (5.5m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (11 May) | 13ft (4.0m) | 12s |
| Evening (11 May) | 18ft (5.5m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Doughnuts Backreef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 37mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 14°C on Thu morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the NW on Mon afternoon, moderate winds from the WNW by Tue afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mon 11 | Tuesday 12 | Wednesday 13 | Thu 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 13 | WSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | |
5026 | 4345 | 3735 | 10185 | 27851 | 21183 | 19261 | 12735 | 10130 | 9538 | 8019 | 7133 | 6953 | 9343 | 11994 | 15210 | 16918 | 16662 | 12750 | 9596 | 7896 | 6000 | 5088 | 4071 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | |
High Tide | 11:24AM1.12m | 00:00AM1.33m | 12:26PM1.22m | 00:48AM1.47m | 1:15PM1.35m | 1:32AM1.61m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:27PM0.51m | 6:25AM0.46m | 6:26PM0.40m | 7:13AM0.30m | 7:14PM0.29m | 7:55AM0.16m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | |
— | — | 5:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:25 | — | — | — | — | 5:25 | |
— | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 16 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
6 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SW 14 | — | — | — | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 12 | SW 12 |
5026 | 37 | 37 | 35 | 17891 | — | — | — | 10130 | 9538 | 8019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5088 | 4071 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 12 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | SE 12 | SE 12 | — | — | — | — | WSW 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
57 | 16 | 17 | 50 | 35 | — | — | — | — | 1793 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | NNE 7 | ENE 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
16 | 4 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNW 5 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 13 | WSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | — | — | — | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | — | — |
46 | 4345 | 3735 | 10185 | 27851 | 21183 | 19261 | 12735 | — | — | — | 7133 | 6953 | 9343 | 11994 | 15210 | 16918 | 16662 | 12750 | 9596 | 7896 | 6000 | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 255 | 377 | 398 | 51 | 454 | 232 | 308 | 194 | 51 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 251 | 288 | 381 | 306 | 616 | 646 | 646 | 51 | 194 | 51 | 17 | 16 |
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