Buffelsbaai

Buffelsbaai
The Buffelsbaai beach
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Coordinates: 34°05′S 22°58′E / 34.083°S 22.967°E / -34.083; 22.967Coordinates: 34°05′S 22°58′E / 34.083°S 22.967°E / -34.083; 22.967
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
District	Eden
Municipality	Knysna
Area
• Total	0.82 km2 (0.32 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	71
• Density	87/km2 (220/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	1.4%
• Coloured	71.8%
• White	26.8%
First languages (2011)
• Afrikaans	100.0%

Buffelsbaai (also Buffels Bay and Buffalo Bay) is a small seaside town 20 kilometres from Knysna in the Eden District Municipality in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

The cargo ship Kiani Satu, travelling from Hong Kong to Ghana with a shipment of rice, ran aground and sank off the coast of the town in August 2013. Leaked oil from the vessel threatened the nearby Goukamma Nature Reserve; 217 birds were cleaned by SANCCOB after the spill.