Buffalo Bay beachbreak

comment by A Buff Local., 2007-05-21 15:43:53

Lekker Buff
A quick run down of Buffalo Bay, it has many spots:Yonders/Whales - Beach break far down the beach towards Brenton, rarely surfed, always looks better than what it isMurphs - mainly left beachbreak, most consistent spot surfed at Buff's, breaks off a few submerged rocks, can get super fun. Bowls - mainly left but requires a lot of sand to work, odd day can get good longish right into Murphs, nice on a fish board, left used to get goodish at one stage.Beachbreak - beginners only, close-out 2 ft slop, never gets any bigger.Reef right - good flatish beginner wave in front of the break-water, caught my first "face" of a wave there. Reef left - a funish summer wave, had a barrel here before, snuck in under the peak, no jokes.Rock - illusional, looks hectic at take-off but suddenly becomes a flat wave, paddle-skiers only, breaks far out off a rock at the back of Reef, hence the name.Point - fun hot-dog wave when small, with a 6ft east swell it gets mildly good, my favourite spot by far.Opies - bank dependent but get good waves when it works, rights and lefts.Wildside - long stretch of beach, rights and lefts, shories, the works.Wildside Corner - bank dependent right hander off the rocks running into shorebreak.Fish Boma - mainly a right hander off a rock boil, and very sharky, just ask Ross.Rivermouth - Classic, but lank sharky, peaks tend to shift a lot so even though its cooking people rarely surf it. Sometimes not worth the hassle, been chased out many times from seeing a shark.Please feel free to add to, or correct, the comments. I have been very vague in my descriptions, for example the Wildside can be broken down into about 5 different spot names. Plus some old locals use different names than what the new generation use. For example: the centre peak at Wildside used to be called Made-a-by, but some now call it Bert-Rock after the rock boil the peak breaks off. Then past Rivermouth you get Oyster Banks, no one knows about, only the older, more hard-core generation mention it, like Andy Marr, Clayton and Charles.

comment by A Buff Local, again., 2007-05-21 15:19:27

Lekker Buff
Yes, i might have mentioned the endless cutback a few times in my previous post, but on a positive note i was back home recently and i had some very good surfs, especially at the Point and Wildside. Surprisingly there were many consistent east swells during the Feb/Mar07 period, not forgetting to mention the warm boardies water. I will always call myself a Buff's local, even though some newish locals never recognised me as growing up and surfing the Buff. Glad to see that Buff's still has the best vibe, the local's are always blissful and chilled.

comment by A Buff Local, haha., 2006-11-17 12:25:45

Lekker Buff
Good place but needs pefect conditions for it to get good. Many spots around the Buff Bay area, best spot is River Mouth but not surfed that often. Reef is crap, long slow ride, perfect for doing an endless cutback into the whitewater, constant fade-out. Beginner spot, fun in summer when you just want to mess around. Murphs used to get good about 15 years ago, but then they removed the boat wreck, now heavily dependent on sandbanks, had some flippen good beachbreak waves before. Point needs east swell for it to get good, you can surf it on a west swell but expect to have an unenjoyable session on flat-faced waves, doing the endless cutback again. But the best is Beachbreak by far, right in front of the shop and main carpark, because it is lekker! Buffs is Lekker! BERTUS FOR PRESIDENT!