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Buffalo Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 21 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 1PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.5m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Dec)6ft (1.9m)12s
Afternoon (21 Dec)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (21 Dec)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wed
24
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
E
2.2
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
Period(s) (?)121212788889999101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12361039864813105212409521018732784737770811846942855757680616480335231226192
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
20
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
15
E
5
NE
5
NW
10
W
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
W
10
WNW
15
W
20
W
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
5
WSW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		ononononglassglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:20AM
1.57
4:25PM
1.63
4:53AM
1.59
4:57PM
1.61
5:26AM
1.59
5:29PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:20AM
0.31
10:40PM
0.18
10:53AM
0.32
11:11PM
0.18
11:28AM
0.34
11:44PM
0.20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wed
24
Sunrise-5:11-------5:13-------5:13------
Sunset----7:37-------7:38-------7:38---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----1--------------1111
Temp. °C182125232320212020222525252221212222232221201918
Feels °C (?)171922202018222323242626272422222322232120202019
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