Buffalo Bay Wildside surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 03 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
20.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Buffalo Bay Wildside today?

The current surf forecast for Buffalo Bay Wildside at 9PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (03 Mar)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (03 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
3
3
2
3
3
2
1
2
3
4
4
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111110101010121213121212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12361044821731563433582730734680639707122514031426135912201200960961865710611589
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
E
5
N
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
NE
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononglassglassglassoffglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:57PM
1.78
4:14AM
1.92
4:27PM
1.78
4:42AM
1.91
4:54PM
1.74
5:09AM
1.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:58AM
0.05
10:04PM
-0.01
10:27AM
0.02
10:31PM
0.00
10:54AM
0.05
10:56PM
0.05
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-------6:16-------6:18-------6:18
Sunset--7:01-------7:00-------7:00-----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212120181716161823232219191818192122212019181819
Feels °C (?)191919181716151721212119191818192021212120192020
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