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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 05 Apr 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
21.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Doughnuts Backreef today?

The current surf forecast for Doughnuts Backreef at 12AM is: 4.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)15ft (4.5m)16s
Afternoon (06 Apr)16ft (5.0m)15s
Evening (06 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
5
!
!
!
!
!
0
0
!
5
5
6
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)131416161616151514141414141313131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)424862921064410269101811019710361104848958770266625711486442454271378536882177211719301739140012451087
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
30
W
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
SE
15
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:20PM
1.48
5:29AM
1.50
5:45PM
1.38
5:54AM
1.39
6:12PM
1.27
6:21AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:20PM
0.23
11:40AM
0.25
11:46PM
0.33
12:07PM
0.36
12:13AM
0.46
12:38PM
0.48
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise-----6:33-------6:33-------6:35--
Sunset6:07-------6:07-------6:05-------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818181718191919181817161719191819181717162225
Feels °C (?)171514131213131315141514141518171618171515141922
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