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Buffalo Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 03 Sep 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Buffalo Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Buffalo Bay at 9PM is: 2.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (03 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (03 Sep) | 7ft (2.1m) | 14s |
| Evening (03 Sep) | 8ft (2.4m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Buffalo Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 03 | Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 2372 | 1932 | 1799 | 1566 | 1258 | 1121 | 1016 | 983 | 875 | 854 | 821 | 931 | 1022 | 1885 | 2004 | 2163 | 2260 | 2213 | 2215 | 2086 | 2258 | 2636 | 2676 | 2483 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | on | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass | glass | glass | cross | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:32AM 1.35 | 2:02PM 1.42 | 2:08AM 1.51 | 2:32PM 1.61 | 2:41AM 1.66 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:28PM 0.61 | 7:50AM 0.42 | 8:06PM 0.43 | 8:21AM 0.26 | 8:39PM 0.26 | 8:51AM 0.11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 03 | Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - |
| Sunset | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 17 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route
Continuing clean conditions at Buffalo Bay (calm at George Airport 57 km from Buffalo Bay). 2.5m 13s groundswell from the SW which is too big for here.
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