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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
18.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Doughnuts Backreef today?

The current surf forecast for Doughnuts Backreef at 7AM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (18 Sep)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (18 Sep)10ft (3.0m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
4
2
1
0
1
0
1
1
3
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.1
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)131212121212121212121212131313131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4498373832832977246223212852278125382277171816431420932760759724713764669659545519439
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
15
W
20
W
20
W
25
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNE
10
NE
20
E
35
E
40
E
40
E
40
ENE
35
ENE
30
ENE
10
NNE
15
WSW
20
SW
30
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:42AM
1.29
2:07PM
1.42
2:20AM
1.41
2:40PM
1.56
2:51AM
1.51
3:09PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:59AM
0.35
8:24PM
0.32
8:31AM
0.22
8:54PM
0.21
8:59AM
0.13
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise---6:13-------6:11-------6:11----
Sunset------6:10-------6:10-------6:12-
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151413141717161616151515171817171718171722221918
Feels °C (?)11119101211101314141413131311111113121620191413
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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Doughnuts Backreef (calm at Springfield wx 8 km from Doughnuts Backreef). A 3.3m groundswell from the SSW

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3 km/h
WSW
Clean
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