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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
18.2° C
(Which is 3.2°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 8AM is: 5.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 5.0m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am May 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 May) | 18ft (5.5m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (11 May) | 11ft (3.5m) | 12s |
| Evening (11 May) | 18ft (5.5m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Doughnuts Backreef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Tue morning. Warm (max 20°C on Mon night, min 13°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the W by Wed morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 11 | Tuesday 12 | Wednesday 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | |
7483 | 8414 | 8799 | 6000 | 3743 | 3443 | 8455 | 27262 | 22915 | 22338 | 15870 | 13027 | 13555 | 9102 | 7107 | 7253 | 8792 | 11785 | 14863 | 17102 | 16333 | 13235 | 9838 | 7985 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | |
High Tide | 11:24AM1.12m | 00:00AM1.33m | 12:26PM1.22m | 00:48AM1.47m | 1:15PM1.35m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:21AM0.60m | 5:27PM0.51m | 6:25AM0.46m | 6:26PM0.40m | 7:13AM0.30m | 7:14PM0.29m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | 7:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:25 | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 13 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 9 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 12 | SE 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SE 12 | SE 12 | SW 14 | — | — | — | — | SW 14 | SW 13 | — | — | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
118 | 72 | 7005 | 5026 | 3743 | 37 | 35 | 17390 | — | — | — | — | 11333 | 8271 | — | — | 188 | 100 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | SE 12 | SSE 12 | SE 12 | ENE 9 | NE 10 | SE 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
26 | 16 | 72 | 57 | 37 | 17 | 24 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 10 | — | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | NNE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
35 | — | 16 | 16 | 16 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | NNW 5 | WSW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
7483 | 8414 | 8799 | 6000 | 57 | 3443 | 8455 | 27262 | 22915 | 22338 | 15870 | 13027 | 13555 | 9102 | 7107 | 7253 | 8792 | 11785 | 14863 | 17102 | 16333 | 13235 | 9838 | 7985 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 570 | 51 | 193 | 255 | 251 | 403 | 433 | 232 | 464 | 440 | 311 | 194 | 195 | 16 | 16 | 277 | 306 | 251 | 288 | 442 | 647 | 646 | 194 | 194 |
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