Surf Forecast Surf Report

Buffalo Bay Wildside surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 01 May 2025 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
16.5° C
(Which is 2.4°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 3AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am May 01). An open ocean swell of 2.2m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 May)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (01 May)11ft (3.5m)11s
Evening (01 May)11ft (3.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
1.6
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
S
1.9
SSW
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SSW
1.3
S
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)121211111111111212111111111111111111111111111111111111111111101010151414131211111313121211101012121212111112141818171616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)163814386631655246933433257344330452816276725362472244425512374237522221988189116041421138112111186106586276268258433827426921428537735244225426354359160958357946951768789995490779884668782211484185435842134108
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
30
W
40
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NE
15
SSE
15
E
15
E
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
SE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NW
5
SW
5
SW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NNW
5
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NNW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offglassglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
onononglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
ononcrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:43AM
1.66
6:11PM
1.52
6:29AM
1.46
7:05PM
1.37
7:24AM
1.27
8:19PM
1.25
8:50AM
1.13
10:08PM
1.22
10:50AM
1.10
11:40PM
1.28
12:11PM
1.17
12:36AM
1.39
1:01PM
1.27
1:15AM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
0.22
11:59AM
0.23
12:18AM
0.38
12:46PM
0.40
1:16AM
0.55
1:45PM
0.55
2:44AM
0.69
3:16PM
0.64
4:49AM
0.70
5:03PM
0.64
6:16AM
0.62
6:14PM
0.57
7:05AM
0.51
7:00PM
0.50
7:40AM
0.41
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Sunrise---7:01-------7:03-------7:03-------7:03-------7:05-------7:05-------7:07-------7:07
Sunset------5:46-------5:45-------5:45-------5:44-------5:43-------5:42-------5:40-----
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151413141715141312121212131414151414131316171514141313131821191718171718232419171716151519191715151515151818171615151516
Feels °C (?)12101011117987776778101011101114131211111010101619171515131415202118151514131317181614141414141818171615151515
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