Buffalo Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 22 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
20.9° 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 3PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (22 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (22 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
Period(s) (?)12121111111111111111121214141414141414138999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)75666063761550350350356363976610101599240823092109186716271490140712241351169216281689
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
WNW
10
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
0
NW
5
NNE
10
SE
25
SE
30
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
E
20
ENE
10
ENE
10
ESE
20
SE
25
E
15
NE
10
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:26AM
1.89
5:45PM
1.66
6:03AM
1.74
6:24PM
1.51
6:44AM
1.54
7:11PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:41AM
0.07
11:47PM
0.15
12:18PM
0.22
12:26AM
0.32
1:02PM
0.40
1:16AM
0.52
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise-6:31-------6:33-------6:33------
Sunset----6:37-------6:36-------6:34---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------------22-
Temp. °C161821212019191918192223211919181820262826232323
Feels °C (?)161921212020192020202120171516151619262724242524
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