Surf Forecast Surf Report

Buffalo Bay surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 22 Feb 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
23.5° C
(Which is 2.0°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 2AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (23 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (23 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
01
Sun
02
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
2.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3
ESE
3
E
2.5
E
2.2
ESE
2
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.3
SW
1
E
1
E
1.1
SW
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)12121111141413131312121212121212121212121212131313131313131212889999999999999999999910998999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)4864785013033478728348098378338199441025100710071112124012401220124013591403144815591369119210031112110898082290618502002156916411183758600463358304264264264232230203207207207207212303169169181135135135
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
ESE
0
WNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
0
NNE
0
NW
0
NNE
5
ESE
10
E
15
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
20
E
25
ESE
30
E
25
E
20
E
10
ENE
5
NNW
10
W
20
WSW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
0
NNW
5
W
10
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassglassglassglassonononononononononononcross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:50AM
1.05
12:58PM
1.22
1:44AM
1.24
1:49PM
1.39
2:20AM
1.44
2:27PM
1.57
2:52AM
1.65
3:02PM
1.72
3:25AM
1.83
3:37PM
1.83
3:58AM
1.97
4:11PM
1.88
4:31AM
2.05
4:46PM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:15PM
0.74
6:38AM
0.76
7:31PM
0.57
7:42AM
0.58
8:09PM
0.38
8:23AM
0.39
8:42PM
0.20
8:59AM
0.21
9:13PM
0.05
9:34AM
0.05
9:45PM
-0.06
10:09AM
-0.05
10:18PM
-0.12
10:44AM
-0.09
10:51PM
-0.11
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
01
Sun
02
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:09-------6:11-------6:11-------6:13-------6:13-------6:15------
Sunset7:13-------7:12-------7:10-------7:09-------7:07-------7:07-------7:06-------7:05---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232120201921232321212020192022232120191918181919201919191921252726222121212324232321202020202121212019191919202221191818
Feels °C (?)242222222022242422232121202123232121192120202221212019201921242523202022232424222422212122222121212121201918182019191817
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