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Doughnuts Backreef Surf Forecast
/ Eastern Cape (S) (37 surf breaks) /
Doughnuts Backreef surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 01 Aug 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Doughnuts Backreef today?
The current surf forecast for Doughnuts Backreef at 1AM is: 4.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 7.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (02 Aug) | 10ft (3.0m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (02 Aug) | 8ft (2.4m) | 14s |
| Evening (02 Aug) | 6ft (1.9m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Doughnuts Backreef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Friday 01 | Saturday 02 | Sunday 03 | Monday 04 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 11 AM | 2 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 8876 | 8029 | 7045 | 6221 | 5301 | 4701 | 3512 | 2466 | 1965 | 1500 | 1175 | 872 | 691 | 577 | 505 | 451 | 488 | 481 | 392 | 429 | 503 | 736 | 878 | 1173 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:24PM 1.21 | 8:47AM 1.02 | 9:33PM 1.11 | 10:36AM 0.96 | 11:25PM 1.08 | 12:36PM 1.01 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:41AM 0.61 | 2:40PM 0.63 | 4:05AM 0.68 | 4:16PM 0.71 | 6:19AM 0.65 | |||||||||||||||||||
Friday 01 | Saturday 02 | Sunday 03 | Monday 04 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - |
| Sunset | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 27 | 30 | 29 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 28 | 31 |
| Feels °C (?) | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 24 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)
Continuing clean conditions at Doughnuts Backreef (calm at Springfield wx 8 km from Doughnuts Backreef). A 4.3m groundswell from the SSW is too big for here
1 h 20 min ago
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