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Buffels Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 01 Apr 2025 SAST
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Buffels Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Buffels Bay sea temperature is
15.0° C
 (Which is 4.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Buffels Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Buffels Bay at 8AM is: 2.2m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (01 Apr)8ft (2.4m)13s

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

Hourly12 Days
Cape Town Surf
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Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
2.4
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.9
SE
2.2
SE
2.3
SE
2
SE
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)1414141413131313131212121212121213131212121277777777777121514141418171616161615151514141414131414141421201818
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)288320852171178818382386217319901584130511971022918694568497824880839762737644589763641485381346305314437529384301805899942929289630223085297326632596253024601860146813211095857820743765752644839144619172888
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
25
S
15
S
10
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
35
SE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SE
50
SE
55
SE
55
SE
55
ESE
50
ESE
40
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
35
SE
45
SE
50
SE
45
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
40
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
SE
50
SE
45
ESE
35
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
10
NE
20
SE
30
SE
40
SE
55
SE
35
ESE
35
SE
40
SE
35
SE
40
SE
50
SE
55
SE
55
SE
45
SE
40
ESE
45
SE
45
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononononononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:57AM
1.69
5:24PM
1.48
5:39AM
1.53
6:08PM
1.34
6:26AM
1.35
7:01PM
1.19
7:26AM
1.16
8:20PM
1.07
9:05AM
1.02
10:25PM
1.04
11:13AM
1.02
12:01AM
1.13
12:29PM
1.11
12:53AM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:45PM
0.03
11:16AM
0.01
11:26PM
0.15
11:58AM
0.16
12:11AM
0.30
12:47PM
0.33
1:08AM
0.46
1:53PM
0.49
2:43AM
0.59
3:47PM
0.58
5:05AM
0.60
5:39PM
0.53
6:28AM
0.49
6:40PM
0.44
7:15AM
0.38
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Sunrise---6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------7:00-------7:01-------7:01-------7:01-------7:03
Sunset------6:40-------6:39-------6:38-------6:37-------6:36-------6:35-------6:32-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181718181818181817161616161616171515151517212119171718182019192020202019202020201921181818182019201918182020191920201918
Feels °C (?)131316171514131298898767568912151310101113141714141415161716171513131417151816151411151413131513111115151312
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