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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 09 May 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
19.2° C
(Which is 2.2°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: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 09). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 May)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (09 May)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (09 May)7ft (2.2m)11s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 20°C on Sat afternoon, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sat afternoon, near gales from the NW by Mon afternoon).

Sat
9
Sunday
10
Monday
11
Tue
12
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
Rating
(10 max)
5
3
2
3
3
3
4
4
0
0
1
2
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0
0
0
!
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Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.3
SSE
11
2.1
SSE
11
1.9
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
11
1.6
SE
11
1.1
SW
13
1
SW
13
2.5
WSW
9
3
WSW
10
4.5
WSW
11
5
WSW
12
5.5
WSW
12
5.5
WSW
12
4.5
WSW
12
3.5
WSW
12
3.5
WSW
11
6
SW
12
6.5
SW
13
7
SW
13
7.5
SW
13
7
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2315
1999
1686
1304
1075
845
645
561
437
335
1058
1780
4740
7519
8756
8188
5145
3653
3232
9902
14930
18466
18456
15195
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
5
SSE
15
E
20
ENE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNW
40
NW
40
WNW
15
WSW
30
WNW
35
WNW
40
W
30
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
55
NW
50
WNW
35
W
30
W
35
W
40
W
35
W
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
8:06AM1.08m
9:29PM1.11m
9:54AM1.06m
10:58PM1.19m
11:24AM1.12m
00:00AM1.33m
Low Tide
2:32PM0.58m
3:38AM0.68m
4:06PM0.58m
5:21AM0.60m
5:27PM0.51m
6:25AM0.46m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:58
7:00
7:00
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:30
5:29
5:28
5:27
1
1
4
7
4
4
Temp °C
17
20
17
17
16
17
17
18
20
18
16
15
14
14
13
13
16
18
19
16
16
16
16
16
16
19
14
14
12
13
12
14
11
10
13
8
5
5
6
6
9
7
9
10
11
10
9
11
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.5
SSE
12
2.3
SSE
11
2.1
SSE
11
1.9
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
11
1.6
SE
11
1.4
SE
10
1.2
SE
10
1
SE
10
1.6
SW
12
0.6
SE
10
0.6
SE
12
0.5
SE
12
5
WSW
12
4.5
WSW
12
3.5
WSW
12
1.3
SSW
13
0.4
SE
12
0.3
SE
12
Energy kJ
2315
1999
1686
1304
1075
845
645
561
392
304
200
672
80
118
72
6655
5145
3653
506
35
22
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1
SW
13
0.8
E
8
0.9
SE
10
0.5
E
9
0.4
ENE
9
0.3
ENE
9
0.5
SE
12
0.5
SE
12
0.4
SSE
12
0.4
SE
12
Energy kJ
746
726
726
650
641
549
451
444
437
335
88
145
38
26
16
72
72
57
37
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
E
9
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
9
0.8
SW
15
0.8
SW
15
0.2
E
9
0.2
E
9
0.7
E
5
0.7
E
6
0.7
E
8
0.8
SW
14
0.7
ENE
8
0.4
SSE
13
0.3
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ENE
9
0.3
ENE
10
Energy kJ
16
16
15
305
301
6
6
27
35
64
218
75
62
16
8
8
19
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
ENE
3
1.1
NE
4
1
ENE
5
1
NE
4
0.6
N
4
0.9
NW
4
1.7
WNW
6
2.5
WSW
9
3
WSW
10
4.5
WSW
11
5
WSW
12
5.5
WSW
12
5.5
WSW
12
1.1
NNW
6
1.5
NNW
5
3.5
WSW
11
6
SW
12
6.5
SW
13
7
SW
13
7.5
SW
13
7
SW
13
Energy kJ
11
46
48
38
10
24
173
1058
1780
4740
7519
8756
8188
74
124
3232
9902
14930
18466
18456
15195
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
3
1
2
2
2
1
1
4
4
3
3
9
3
3
9
Distance (km)
0
16
232
158
8
8
0
0
202
195
16
51
442
650
51
192
438
390
377
403
51
454
464
232
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape (South)
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
4
2
1
9
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
2
2
3
1
4
4
4
3
3
9
3
3
9
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
9
5
4
5
4
4
4
9
9
7
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
9
6
6
6
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