Doughnuts Backreef Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape (S) (37 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 01 Jul 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 1.1°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 1AM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 01). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Jul)	7.5ft (2.3m)	12s
Afternoon (02 Jul)	7.5ft (2.3m)	11s
Evening (02 Jul)	8ft (2.5m)	13s

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

Hourly 12 Days

Eastern Cape (South) Surf

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	Tuesday 01			Wednesday 02								Thursday 03								Friday 04								Saturday 05								Sunday 06								Monday 07								Tuesday 08								Wed 09
	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	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	3	1	4	3	3	2	2	3	2	1	4	4	0	0	1	2	1	2	!	0	!	1	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	!	!	!	!	6	5	7	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	6	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	14	8	11	11	10	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	848	1058	1251	1454	1577	1513	1380	1391	2793	2447	2074	1804	1537	1209	1108	1040	1796	2591	1610	1801	1617	7770	7602	4496	2955	2193	2495	2113	2192	3196	3883	3882	8291	3803	4243	5503	7771	9379	8068	9296	8141	9053	8700	8199	8437	7530	11255	11274	7548	6437	6033	6619	5191	5789	3943	3994	3828	4800	6251	4239
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	N	W	SW	SSW	SE	ESE	ESE	E	E	SE	E	NNE	NNE	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WNW	WSW	W	WSW	WSW	WNW	N	W	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	W	WSW	W	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	WSW	SSW	WSW	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:08PM 1.34				8:16AM 1.14				8:58PM 1.27				9:16AM 1.07				9:58PM 1.21				10:32AM 1.03					11:07PM 1.19				11:53AM 1.04				12:14AM 1.21				12:59PM 1.10				1:12AM 1.26				1:51PM 1.19				2:00AM 1.33					2:34PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)					2:17AM 0.53				2:14PM 0.47				3:12AM 0.59				3:07PM 0.56				4:23AM 0.61				4:17PM 0.62					5:43AM 0.60				5:41PM 0.63				6:51AM 0.54				6:54PM 0.58				7:43AM 0.46				7:49PM 0.51					8:26AM 0.37				8:33PM 0.43

	Tuesday 01			Wednesday 02								Thursday 03								Friday 04								Saturday 05								Sunday 06								Monday 07								Tuesday 08								Wed 09
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	16	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	5	1	2	1	-	2	4	2	2	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	25	25	22	19	18	19	20	18	18	18	19	18	17	20	19	17	17	16	15	14	15	16	16	16	15	13	14	14	15	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	12	14	14	13	12	11	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	14	17	15	14	14	13
Feels °C (?)	24	21	21	19	18	19	19	20	16	16	17	19	15	17	18	16	12	13	12	10	9	9	9	10	13	14	11	10	11	10	10	8	8	7	7	5	4	4	5	4	3	3	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	10	10	10	10	8	11	13	12	11	11	10

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