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Buffalo Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 12 Feb 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
24.2° C
 (Which is 2.3°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 6AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)8ft (2.4m)10s
Afternoon (12 Feb)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (12 Feb)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
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)
2
1
0
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
4
3
3
2
4
7
4
4
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.6
SSW
1.6
SSE
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)10167101010101313131313121212141414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)147181245107212371172128327592548243121311929157215721111261326182760530548044806482444213834
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
S
20
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
E
5
SSE
15
SSW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:00AM
1.03
1:08PM
1.17
1:55AM
1.18
1:56PM
1.31
2:27AM
1.34
2:30PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:54AM
0.79
7:46PM
0.62
7:54AM
0.65
8:20PM
0.47
8:29AM
0.50
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise---5:58-------6:00-------6:01----
Sunset------7:23-------7:22-------7:22-
clear
light rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-261-1111-----212444111-
Temp. °C212120192019191919191920222119191918181818181918
Feels °C (?)222219192019181819191921232118161615141415151716
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