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Buffalo Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 22 Nov 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
19.5° 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 7AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (22 Nov)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (22 Nov)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
1
2
3
4
3
4
4
2
3
3
3
3
4
3
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.8
SW
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
S
2
SSW
1.5
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121111111111111010101111161616161615151415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1915177515719448217928598599158467696804538555243915155155026281437102515211695
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
S
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
5
SSE
5
ENE
5
N
5
N
0
WNW
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:23AM
1.56
4:30PM
1.61
4:55AM
1.52
5:00PM
1.55
5:28AM
1.47
5:33PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:13PM
0.19
10:22AM
0.31
10:43PM
0.23
10:53AM
0.36
11:15PM
0.28
11:27AM
0.43
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise---5:11-------5:11-------5:11----
Sunset------7:15-------7:15-------7:16-
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------111--11-------
Temp. °C171616202323211919191818202121191817171921222118
Feels °C (?)181616192121181819201918202020191817172020212018
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