Buffalo Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 19 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
18.7° C
(Which is 1.5°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 7PM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (19 Jul)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (19 Jul)8ft (2.5m)14s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141413131313131313161615141414131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)379031362800250821771898172016191651181518232542360735113695277925872779269629452734246817131470
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
NW
10
SW
10
SW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
NNE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcrossonononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:15AM
1.19
10:55PM
1.40
11:54AM
1.21
12:24AM
1.42
1:14PM
1.31
1:34AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:12PM
0.56
5:38AM
0.51
5:52PM
0.57
7:02AM
0.44
7:17PM
0.48
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Sunrise-------7:28-------7:28-------7:28
Sunset--5:38-------5:38-------5:39-----
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Rain (mm)
-------------------1321-
Temp. °C161817161515141419221714141313121416151514141414
Feels °C (?)141615141212101016191411111011101112131512101010
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Buffalo Bay (light winds from the E at Plettenberg Bay 31 km from Buffalo Bay). 2.7m 13s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.7m 4s local chop from the E. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.

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9 km/h
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16.7
18.7
Air / Water (°C)
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