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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 07 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
21.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Doughnuts Backreef today?

The current surf forecast for Doughnuts Backreef at 8AM is: 5.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)16ft (5.0m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jan)15ft (4.5m)13s
Evening (07 Jan)13ft (4.0m)13s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
5
5
5
5
3
3
1
0
2
2
1
1
2
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)111112121213131313121212121212121212111211121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33424878665175367363759970695902470639193128258821871374126911879781256239333192546220614931468
Wind
(km/h)
45
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
10
SE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
10
SE
20
S
25
SW
20
WSW
20
W
30
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
1.60
6:25PM
1.42
6:57AM
1.52
7:02PM
1.31
7:37AM
1.41
7:42PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:56PM
0.10
12:25PM
0.28
12:30AM
0.19
1:04PM
0.37
1:05AM
0.30
1:44PM
0.47
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise---5:13-------5:15-------5:16----
Sunset------7:32-------7:32-------7:32-
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222120212121211919181620252323202021192122222221
Feels °C (?)161514151616181818171418242119191918161819192020
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