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Buffalo Bay Wildside surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 23 Jan 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
22.3° 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 11PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)--
Afternoon (23 Jan)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (23 Jan)11ft (3.5m)14s

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

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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
3
2
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313131212121212121211111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)512245924231395335433207284323862162195518631803162414851379133213101287128711511046102710271046
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
5
SSE
0
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
0
WNW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
0
WNW
5
W
5
NNW
0
N
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
15
E
10
ENE
5
E
5
N
10
W
10
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glassglasscrossglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:24PM
1.56
6:51AM
1.69
7:03PM
1.45
7:33AM
1.59
7:52PM
1.31
8:28AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:30AM
0.18
1:06PM
0.31
1:08AM
0.29
1:54PM
0.42
1:55AM
0.43
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise-----5:39-------5:41-------5:41--
Sunset7:38-------7:38-------7:37-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C211918171719222221191918172023232320191919212323
Feels °C (?)191919171720212120192119182122212119192020212423
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