Buffalo Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 07 Jul 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
19.3° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than 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: 4.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 07). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 6.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jul)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jul)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (07 Jul)10ft (3.0m)14s

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

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Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121214141414141414131313131313111211131313131414141414141413131414161516151414141414141414141414141313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)5101503853174837451552944362347229812736253430913123249820601845163214721502157515322002502778324163617976616981592150144242363432713133332036225022140902026099648335822078481612569875980533347434386390432752968222217721460152210931001899798
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
10
SW
5
WNW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
WSW
5
SSE
10
NE
10
NE
10
N
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
NW
10
W
10
SW
5
SSW
5
E
10
E
10
SE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
NW
15
W
15
W
10
WSW
10
WNW
20
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
15
WSW
5
SW
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
W
5
SSW
5
S
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:14AM
1.35
1:54PM
1.27
2:01AM
1.43
2:35PM
1.37
2:42AM
1.51
3:12PM
1.47
3:18AM
1.58
3:47PM
1.55
3:53AM
1.64
4:21PM
1.63
4:28AM
1.67
4:55PM
1.69
5:02AM
1.67
5:30PM
1.72
5:38AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:42AM
0.49
7:48PM
0.55
8:25AM
0.40
8:32PM
0.47
9:02AM
0.31
9:11PM
0.38
9:36AM
0.22
9:48PM
0.31
10:10AM
0.16
10:24PM
0.26
10:42AM
0.11
11:00PM
0.24
11:15AM
0.10
11:37PM
0.23
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Sunrise---7:33-------7:33-------7:33-------7:33-------7:33-------7:31-------7:31-------7:31
Sunset------5:31-------5:31-------5:32-------5:32-------5:34-------5:34-------5:35-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1212131214161513131211111518151414141313212115151514141316181615151413131519141313121212131313111010991314131111111112
Feels °C (?)768891112121198812151311101088161612131313141315161514141210111315865555781197766111111988810
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