Buffalo Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 29 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
19.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Buffalo Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Buffalo Bay at 4AM is: 2.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (29 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.8
SW
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
0.9
S
0.7
S
1.1
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)111111111111101313131010101291099998678
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1749137611978197456356775125872043764391982362652622121981591276877247555
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
0
ENE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
5
E
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:39AM
1.49
1:57PM
1.47
2:16AM
1.65
2:32PM
1.58
2:47AM
1.77
3:03PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:59AM
0.36
8:06PM
0.29
8:34AM
0.23
8:38PM
0.18
9:04AM
0.13
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise---6:37-------6:37-------6:39----
Sunset------6:27-------6:25-------6:24-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171616172020201716161517212020181717172024252421
Feels °C (?)161516172019191816161417201819191818172124252523
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