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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 22 Jan 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
21.2° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 3AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 22). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)13ft (4.0m)14s
Afternoon (23 Jan)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (23 Jan)13ft (4.0m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
5
0
0
0
0
6
6
6
4
4
3
3
2
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
2.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)13715151514141414141414131313131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23699841976245061446496655564636335633557955046455741143642311327212431209821732116192017691553
Wind
(km/h)
50
WSW
40
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
SSE
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossonononglassglassglasscrosscross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53PM
1.54
6:20AM
1.64
6:27PM
1.46
6:56AM
1.58
7:07PM
1.36
7:39AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:00AM
0.08
12:28PM
0.22
12:33AM
0.15
1:07PM
0.29
1:10AM
0.25
1:54PM
0.39
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise-----5:28-------5:30-------5:31--
Sunset7:29-------7:29-------7:28-------
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C221920191920212120191817171921212120191818202222
Feels °C (?)151316151516171717181716161819192021191818202120
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