Buffalo Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.08° S 22.98° E

Buffalo Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Buffalo Bay sea temperature is
17.6° C
0.3° 

Buffalo Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Buffalo Bay today (21 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Buffalo Bay at 10PM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jul)5ft (1.5m)15s
Afternoon (21 Jul)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (21 Jul)8ft (2.5m)13s

Table - waves today at Buffalo Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
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
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
4
3
2
3
6
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SSW
14
2.4
SSW
14
2.5
SSW
14
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.4
SW
13
2.2
SW
13
2.1
SW
12
2.1
SW
12
2.1
SW
12
2.1
SW
12
2
SW
12
1.3
SSW
13
1.3
SSW
12
1.3
SW
12
1.8
SW
11
2.1
SW
12
2.4
SW
11
3
SW
11
2.5
SW
11
3
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1447
2280
2503
2459
2103
1942
1558
1363
1240
1276
1200
1111
617
519
471
814
1121
1452
2055
1749
2346
Wind (km/h)
5
SW
10
S
10
SE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
5
N
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
5
NW
5
NW
5
N
10
WNW
25
SW
30
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:12AM1.21m
8:44PM1.33m
9:14AM1.10m
9:54PM1.22m
10:58AM1.05m
Low Tide
2:10PM0.55m
3:12AM0.63m
3:07PM0.67m
4:36AM0.69m
4:43PM0.75m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:28
7:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:39
5:40
5:40
 mm
1
3
2
Temp °C
16
17
15
13
13
13
13
13
16
16
15
13
14
13
12
12
16
17
14
14
14
Feels °C
15
16
14
12
12
11
11
10
14
14
14
12
13
12
11
11
14
12
9
11
11
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