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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 07 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
20.5° C
(Which is 1.5°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 12PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (07 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (07 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
6
6
4
4
3
4
4
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
S
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131313131312121111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)501444574486399136882402227520911713140012491127972736522469510501492492483483488445
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
5
NW
10
E
15
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
W
15
SW
20
WSW
10
W
10
NE
5
N
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:54AM
1.39
6:12PM
1.27
6:21AM
1.26
6:44PM
1.14
6:55AM
1.13
7:42PM
1.02
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:07PM
0.36
12:13AM
0.46
12:38PM
0.48
12:47AM
0.59
1:24PM
0.61
1:45AM
0.72
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-6:33-------6:35-------6:35------
Sunset----6:05-------6:04-------6:02---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161719201919181717162224222326262625262423232422
Feels °C (?)141618181718161516151921212325252524252223232523
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