{"id":111,"date":"2022-08-28T20:31:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T18:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=111"},"modified":"2025-11-07T13:21:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:21:58","slug":"buffels-bay","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/sites\/buffels-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffels Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Soaring on Sand dunes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Geography<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>GPS: <\/strong>+- S34o05\u2019 E22o58.58\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sahpa.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BuffaloBayOverview-1024x614.png\" alt=\"Satellite image of Buffalo Bay\" class=\"wp-image-24571\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Satellite image of Buffalo Bay<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Wind<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Strong South East (SE)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wind is needed to safely take off.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WARNING: Often there is a strong wind gradient with the wind increasing sharply with height. Beware of the venturi on both sides of the hill and ensure your speedbar is properly prepared.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Launch<\/strong>ing and Landing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The small official and best take off (https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/z5K6Fmr6FhsoX6dV6) is 500m NNE from the Buffels Bay beach car park. Follow the Buffels Bay trail on the left for 50m.  Don&#8217;t block the tiny launch if you don&#8217;t intend to take off.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e79a1d1f\">\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-b1f1cce4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-b1f1cce4 boxybox\" src=\"https:\/\/sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Buffels.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Buffels\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Buffels.png 800w, https:\/\/sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Buffels-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Buffels-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Buffels-50x28.png 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rules<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Respect the privacy of residents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No launching from the grass in front of the car park.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No launching in front of, or from behind the houses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No flying above the houses.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Entering any private property along the ridge, either to launch, land or walk through is not permitted and will be considered as trespassing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flying in close proximity to, or over members of the public is strictly prohibited.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Directions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Turn off the N2 between Knysna and Wilderness to Buffels Bay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soaring on Sand dunes Geography Wind Launching and Landing The small official and best take off (https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/z5K6Fmr6FhsoX6dV6) is 500m NNE from the Buffels Bay beach car park. Follow the Buffels Bay trail on the left for 50m. Don&#8217;t block the tiny launch if you don&#8217;t intend to take off. Rules Directions Turn off the N2 &#8230; <a title=\"Buffels Bay\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/sites\/buffels-bay\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Buffels Bay\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[24,3],"ht-kb-tag":[13],"class_list":["post-111","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-garden-route-district","ht_kb_category-western-cape-province","ht_kb_tag-basic-rated"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":479,"href":"https:\/\/sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/111\/revisions\/479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sahpa.co.za\/site-guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}