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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 23 Nov 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
19.6° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 8PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (23 Nov)7ft (2.1m)11s
Evening (23 Nov)5ft (1.6m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
3
4
4
3
2
1
2
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
1
2
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)101111111111161616151514151514141313131316151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7541011640595544492396437477126214211626196719142004176016481753204925094112347428872413
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
WNW
10
W
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
E
5
N
5
NW
5
N
10
NE
20
E
25
E
30
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
10
NE
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononglasscross-
off		crossonononglassglassglassglasscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:01PM
1.45
5:28AM
1.37
5:33PM
1.38
6:06AM
1.32
6:11PM
1.30
6:53AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54AM
0.32
11:16PM
0.25
11:27AM
0.38
11:50PM
0.31
12:06PM
0.46
12:30AM
0.38
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Sunrise-------5:01-------5:01-------5:01
Sunset--7:06-------7:07-------7:07-----
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
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. °C202020191918171920202019181717182121201919181824
Feels °C (?)181819191919171918181920191818171818161517171825
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