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Buffalo Bay Wildside ratings
Quality on a good day: 2.0
Consistency of surf: 2.0
Difficulty level: 3.0
Crowds: 3.0

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Buffalo Bay Wildside Surf Forecast / South Africa

2 – 7 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 13 pm Sunday 03 Jun 2012

Buffalo Bay Wildside surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Energy
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 1.7
SSW
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Period (s) (?) 12 14 13 12 13 16 15 14 13 12 12 - - 11 11 11 11 11
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Max-energy 864 1179 1018 1118 3184 7007 6093 3989 2359 2990 3313 0 0 2549 1928 1847 1347 853
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Buffalo Bay Wildside blow from the NE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Today's Buffalo Bay Wildside sea temperature is 16.9 °C (Statistics for 03 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 18.4 max: 19.9 min: 17.4 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Moderate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm air temperatures (max 25°C on Mon afternoon, min 13°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light. Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Fri night. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, fresh winds from the W by Fri morning).
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  clear clear clear clear rain showers rain showers part cloud part cloud part cloud rain showers rain showers rain showers rain showers rain showers rain showers rain showers clear clear
Summary clear clear clear clear rain shwrs rain shwrs some clouds some clouds some clouds rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs clear clear
Rain (mm) - - - - 11 2 - - - 1 5 2 3 11 2 1 - -
High °C 25 22 19 19 16 14 14 14 16 18 14 14 14 12 13 14 13 14
Low °C 24 18 17 16 14 13 14 13 14 15 13 13 13 12 12 13 12 12
Chill °C (?) 25 22 19 19 16 13 13 13 15 18 13 12 12 10 11 13 12 14
Sunrise - - 7:26 - - 7:28 - - 7:28 - - 7:28 - - 7:28 - - 7:28
Sunset 17:24 - - 17:24 - - 17:24 - - 17:24 - - 17:24 - - 17:24 - -
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