Buffalo Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 30 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
18.8° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Buffalo Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Buffalo Bay at 2PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (30 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
2
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1
S
0.9
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
1.5
ESE
2.2
ESE
3
E
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
E
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)101010129999998968889991414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3764391982362652562071981609788791505701071636518404355297301342357392
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NNE
10
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
NE
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
WNW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
1.65
2:32PM
1.58
2:47AM
1.77
3:03PM
1.66
3:16AM
1.85
3:32PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
0.23
8:38PM
0.18
9:04AM
0.13
9:07PM
0.11
9:32AM
0.07
9:34PM
0.08
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise-6:37-------6:39-------6:39------
Sunset----6:25-------6:24-------6:22---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161821212017171617192425242121201920222322191920
Feels °C (?)161720201917171617202524252322211919212323201921
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