Buffalo Bay Wildside Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.08° S 22.98° E

Buffalo Bay Wildside 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Buffalo Bay Wildside sea temperature is
15.7°C
1.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Buffalo Bay Wildside today (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 20s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Buffalo Bay Wildside at 11AM is: 2.5m 19s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 06). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)7ft (2.2m)20s
Afternoon (06 Sep)10ft (3.0m)18s
Evening (06 Sep)10ft (3.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the E on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue morning).

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
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4
4
3
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSW
21
2
SSW
20
2.5
SSW
19
3
SSW
18
3
SSW
17
3
SSW
16
2.5
SSW
16
2.5
SSW
16
2.3
SSW
15
2.2
SSW
14
2.1
SSW
14
1.9
SSW
14
1.9
SSW
14
1.7
SSW
13
1.5
SW
13
1.8
ESE
9
1.4
SW
13
1.6
E
9
1.5
E
9
1.4
E
9
1.1
SW
12
1
SW
12
1.1
E
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1984
3120
4455
5007
5509
4272
3455
2887
2292
1983
1797
1422
1261
1061
757
528
668
440
388
347
314
273
216
Wind (km/h)
20
E
20
E
25
E
25
E
30
E
25
E
25
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
ENE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
ENE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
12:15PM1.21m
00:43AM1.33m
1:22PM1.41m
1:40AM1.49m
2:07PM1.61m
Low Tide
5:49AM0.61m
6:29PM0.60m
7:09AM0.45m
7:36PM0.42m
7:57AM0.28m
8:22PM0.24m
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:39
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:12
6:13
6:14
 mm
Temp °C
15
15
17
18
17
16
15
15
15
16
21
24
24
22
22
22
22
22
27
28
27
23
23
Feels °C
12
11
13
13
12
12
11
12
13
14
20
23
24
22
22
22
21
21
27
27
26
22
23
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