Buffalo Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 13 Apr 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
21.1° C
(Which is 1.7°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 7AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (13 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (13 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
4
4
4
5
4
4
5
5
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111114131313121212121212121212131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3983042982242241621942372725036096436956247486248331059102516001665237626922483
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
NE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
WSW
20
SW
15
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
5
SW
5
S
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:03AM
1.39
1:18PM
1.37
1:37AM
1.58
1:55PM
1.52
2:10AM
1.75
2:30PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:17AM
0.48
7:21PM
0.38
7:52AM
0.30
7:55PM
0.24
8:26AM
0.13
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise---6:48-------6:48-------6:50----
Sunset------6:07-------6:06-------6:05-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181717182223211920212122262320191919181717181817
Feels °C (?)191817182221201920212021252220191818171516181817
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