Buffalo Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 05 Mar 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
20.0° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Buffalo Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Buffalo Bay at 9PM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (05 Mar)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (05 Mar)6ft (1.8m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
0
1
3
3
4
5
5
4
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.3
E
4
SW
4
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121212121211111111111111810101111111211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)122011291042880792710611589488515462406406122968303434763630345016881627154523442186
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
0
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
N
0
NNE
10
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
5
NW
10
NW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
5
SW
0
NW
5
NE
5
NE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54PM
1.74
5:09AM
1.85
5:21PM
1.67
5:35AM
1.75
5:46PM
1.57
5:59AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54AM
0.05
10:56PM
0.05
11:20AM
0.11
11:21PM
0.13
11:44AM
0.20
11:45PM
0.24
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise-------6:18-------6:20-------6:20
Sunset--7:00-------6:58-------6:57-----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------331--------
Temp. °C212221191818181922222119191817161819181717161517
Feels °C (?)20212121191919202121211919131191214151616151315
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