Doughnuts Backreef Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.04° S 25.49° E

Doughnuts Backreef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 10 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Doughnuts Backreef sea temperature is
17.4° C
2.0° 

Doughnuts Backreef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Doughnuts Backreef today (10 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Doughnuts Backreef at 4PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (10 Jul)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (10 Jul)10ft (3.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat morning, min 14°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the E by Sun afternoon).

Fri
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
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
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
4
2
2
0
1
0
1
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3.5
SSW
13
3.5
SSW
13
3.5
SSW
13
3
SSW
13
3
SSW
13
3
SSW
13
3
SSW
13
3
SSW
13
3
SSW
12
3
SSW
12
2.5
SSW
12
2.5
SSW
12
2.5
SSW
12
2.4
SSW
12
2.1
SSW
12
1.9
SSW
12
1.7
SSW
12
1.7
SSW
11
1.5
SSW
11
1.5
SSW
11
1.4
SSW
11
1.4
SSW
11
1.3
SSW
11
1.3
SSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4457
4168
3802
3460
3214
2862
2796
2752
2540
2319
2094
1868
1794
1569
1180
964
805
698
560
524
452
431
366
359
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
0
SW
0
E
0
ENE
5
ENE
10
E
10
NE
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
25
E
30
E
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:03PM1.16m
00:32AM1.40m
1:17PM1.27m
1:39AM1.48m
2:17PM1.40m
2:36AM1.57m
Low Tide
5:59PM0.48m
7:07AM0.36m
7:19PM0.39m
8:08AM0.25m
8:22PM0.28m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:22
7:22
7:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:22
5:23
5:23
5:24
 mm
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
2
2
Temp °C
14
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
17
16
15
15
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
14
Feels °C
12
14
14
14
15
15
15
14
15
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
14
12
11
12
12
12
13
12
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