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South Africa (272 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.08° S 22.98° E)

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Buffalo Bay Surf Forecast / Garden Route / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 07 May 2021 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 16.7 °C (Statistics for 07 May 1981-2005 - mean: 19.0 max: 21.1 min: 17.2 °C)

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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 16.7 °C (Statistics for 07 May 1981-2005 - mean: 19.0 max: 21.1 min: 17.2 °C)

Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Buffalo Bay (calm at Knysna 10 km from Buffalo Bay).
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How big are the waves at Buffalo Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Buffalo Bay at 1PM is: 2.0m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 07). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 May)	6ft (1.9m)	9s
Afternoon (07 May)	6ft (1.8m)	9s
Evening (07 May)	5ft (1.5m)	9s

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

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Friday 07							Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11								Wednesday 12								Thursday 13								Friday 14
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	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	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	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


SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SW	SW	SW	ESE	E	ESE	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
9	9	9	9	12	9	9	9	10	10	8	8	8	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	13	13	13

647	621	672	633	495	586	1081	254	189	167	1580	1475	1107	1300	1251	1163	1048	904	704	596	846	3168	4242	4308	3627	2977	2402	2020	1788	2233	2383	2106	1930	2282	2242	2205	1501	1906	1874	1906	2144	2672	3198	2700	2462	2000	1779	1413	1236	1037	906	799	784	1348	2253	2686	2591	2477	2248	2039
NW	NW	WSW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	WSW	W	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WSW	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	W	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	SW	SSW	SW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	SW	SSW	S	WNW	NNW	NNW	N	NE	SE	SSE
cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
			1:42PM 1.37				1:54AM 1.57					2:14PM 1.46				2:23AM 1.64				2:43PM 1.53				2:50AM 1.70				3:11PM 1.58				3:18AM 1.73				3:38PM 1.61				3:45AM 1.73				4:06PM 1.61				4:13AM 1.70				4:34PM 1.59				4:41AM 1.64
	7:40AM 0.40				7:40PM 0.39					8:11AM 0.30				8:11PM 0.31				8:39AM 0.22				8:41PM 0.26				9:06AM 0.16				9:09PM 0.22				9:32AM 0.13				9:37PM 0.21				9:59AM 0.13				10:05PM 0.23				10:27AM 0.16				10:34PM 0.27				10:55AM 0.21
Note: the tide data above is for Knysna which is 8 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Buffalo Bay.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph Offshore winds at Buffalo Bay blow from the W

Friday 07							Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11								Wednesday 12								Thursday 13								Friday 14
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	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	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	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

clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
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