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Buffalo Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa
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Buffalo Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Buffalo Bay sea temperature is
18.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)How big are the waves at Buffalo Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Buffalo Bay at 6PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (03 May) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (03 May) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 10s |
| Evening (03 May) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Buffalo Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 62mm), heaviest during Wed morning. Warm (max 25°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Tue afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, strong winds from the SE by Wed morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 3 | Monday 4 | Tuesday 5 | Wed 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
S 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 10 | SW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 11 | S 11 | SSE 11 | |
326 | 328 | 400 | 341 | 350 | 341 | 355 | 282 | 265 | 263 | 254 | 981 | 746 | 604 | 164 | 161 | 161 | 123 | 401 | 1624 | 1963 | 1673 | 1894 | 7085 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
on | cross-on | on | glassy | glassy | cross | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | glassy | glassy | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | off | cross-off | off | cross | cross-on | |
High Tide | 4:32PM1.59m | 4:39AM1.63m | 5:01PM1.53m | 5:08AM1.55m | 5:32PM1.45m | 5:39AM1.45m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:23AM0.17m | 10:30PM0.28m | 10:51AM0.23m | 10:59PM0.34m | 11:21AM0.30m | 11:31PM0.43m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:05 | — | |
— | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | — | — | 5:42 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | — | 5 | 8 | 26 | |
Temp °C | 23 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 16 |
21 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 10 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 11 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 11 | S 11 | WSW 12 |
333 | 328 | 400 | 341 | 310 | 316 | 355 | 367 | 458 | 263 | 254 | 981 | 746 | 604 | 597 | 578 | 647 | 578 | 536 | 1624 | 1963 | 1673 | 1894 | 121 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SW 14 | E 6 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SW 18 | SSW 18 | WSW 11 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
326 | 227 | 167 | 162 | 350 | 341 | 331 | 282 | 265 | 147 | 6 | 240 | 236 | 176 | 164 | 161 | 161 | 123 | 401 | 80 | 61 | 261 | 127 | 127 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | E 6 | SSE 9 | E 6 | E 6 | E 8 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SE 10 | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | — |
211 | 251 | 326 | 305 | 125 | 96 | 232 | 280 | 189 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 80 | 70 | 163 | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 3 | ESE 3 | ESE 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 10 | SW 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 3 | WSW 11 | SSE 11 |
2 | 9 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 551 | 1077 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 204 | 7085 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 475 |
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