Buffalo Bay Wildside surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 24 Mar 2026 SAST
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Buffalo Bay Wildside surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Buffalo Bay Wildside sea temperature is
20.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Buffalo Bay Wildside today?

The current surf forecast for Buffalo Bay Wildside at 11AM is: 1.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.9m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Afternoon (24 Mar)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (24 Mar)11ft (3.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
3
!
!
!
!
4
1
1
1
1
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
2.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)1414141389999991212118111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)162714901342122416062104172316669426925674424291282322297230186604706665569507507
Wind
(km/h)
20
E
15
ENE
15
ESE
20
ESE
30
E
10
ENE
5
E
20
ENE
5
N
20
W
15
SW
10
SW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ENE
15
ENE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:44AM
1.54
7:11PM
1.33
7:39AM
1.32
8:30PM
1.16
9:29AM
1.15
11:12PM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02PM
0.40
1:16AM
0.52
2:07PM
0.59
2:48AM
0.70
4:23PM
0.69
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise-6:33-------6:33-------6:35------
Sunset----6:34-------6:32-------6:30---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182026292624242425222221212020191819212220181718
Feels °C (?)161925282325262326212221212121191920212119181618
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