Buffalo Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 09 Apr 2026 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
19.4° 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 7AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)17s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
3
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)121111111111111116161515141414141313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48851054448348348343739145863684913261484133613361186999827101410149191006892796
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
NNW
5
N
10
N
10
SSW
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
N
10
WSW
10
SSW
0
S
0
WNW
5
NW
5
SW
10
W
10
N
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
on
ononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:57AM
1.19
7:49PM
1.08
8:18AM
1.07
10:49PM
1.06
11:22AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:47AM
0.66
1:28PM
0.67
1:57AM
0.79
3:27PM
0.75
5:03AM
0.81
5:44PM
0.67
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise---6:45-------6:46-------6:47----
Sunset------6:13-------6:10-------6:09-
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------1------------1---
Temp. °C272627252728272424242426282824212121212020202221
Feels °C (?)252627252627262324232325262726222222212020192122
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