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Buffalo Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 14 Dec 2025 SAST
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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
20.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Buffalo Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Buffalo Bay at 4AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am December 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Dec)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (14 Dec)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (14 Dec)7ft (2.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
4
3
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121212121212121212121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)284025762290199116931451134713471468182420342001206820442011189718661789159114701271114911491058
Wind
(km/h)
0
WNW
5
N
10
NNE
0
NE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
E
5
NE
5
NNE
0
NNW
5
SE
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
SE
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrossglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		glassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:37PM
1.12
11:58AM
1.34
12:40AM
1.19
12:50PM
1.39
1:28AM
1.27
1:34PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:26AM
0.64
6:36PM
0.55
6:31AM
0.61
7:22PM
0.47
7:21AM
0.55
8:00PM
0.40
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Sunrise---5:09-------5:09-------5:09----
Sunset------7:34-------7:35-------7:35-
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161615172021201716161619222221191817182023222220
Feels °C (?)161514171819181515161619212120191918192123222321
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