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Buffalo Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 09 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
22.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Buffalo Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Buffalo Bay at 4AM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (09 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (09 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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)
5
3
5
4
3
2
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
4
2
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.2
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)101112121211111110101010101514141313121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2308280230301872159313581194997667573533472288258651113911691014822694683530455463
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
E
20
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		oncross-
on		ononononononglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:31AM
1.51
7:39PM
1.26
8:14AM
1.39
8:28PM
1.14
9:08AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:05AM
0.34
1:47PM
0.51
1:41AM
0.47
2:35PM
0.61
2:25AM
0.60
3:42PM
0.69
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise---5:26-------5:26-------5:28----
Sunset------7:43-------7:43-------7:43-
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C211919202122212018181720242423212020202326262522
Feels °C (?)201819192020191917171619212019181919202427272624
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