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Buffalo Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 10 Jan 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
21.4° 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 1PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.8m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (10 Jan)7ft (2.1m)6s
Evening (10 Jan)6ft (1.8m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
1
1
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.2
SSW
2.1
ESE
1.2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)10101061414131312121211111120181816161514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)544482288328557115511691014822694683573512512647105114091569181116711903168812611242
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
20
E
10
E
5
ENE
0
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
0
W
5
W
5
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		ononononononglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:14AM
1.39
8:28PM
1.14
9:08AM
1.28
9:45PM
1.05
10:31AM
1.20
11:42PM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:35PM
0.61
2:25AM
0.60
3:42PM
0.69
3:33AM
0.71
5:21PM
0.70
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise-5:26-------5:28-------5:28------
Sunset----7:43-------7:43-------7:43---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C172024242321202019222526252221202022242625222221
Feels °C (?)161921201919192020242627262525222223252726242423
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