Buffalo Bay Wildside 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.08° S 22.98° E

Issued: 7 am 16 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Buffalo Bay Wildside sea temperature is

14.2°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Buffalo Bay Wildside today (16 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 14s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Buffalo Bay Wildside at 11AM is: 2.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	14s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	8ft (2.4m)	14s
Evening (16 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Wed morning. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri morning, min 12°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Wed morning, fresh winds from the ESE by Fri morning).
	Wednesday 16							Thursday 17								Friday 18
	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)	0	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	3484	2824	2318	2405	1744	839	1266	1346	1632	1471	1281	1220	1025	928	865	865	865	851	739	713	713	726	865
Wind (km/h)	SSW	WSW	WSW	S	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		5:58AM1.45m				6:11PM1.47m				6:25AM1.31m				6:38PM1.31m				6:56AM1.16m				7:13PM1.15m
Low Tide				11:57AM0.38m				00:21AM0.45m				12:24PM0.53m				00:52AM0.59m				12:56PM0.68m


	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:21	—	—
mm	5	6	3	2	1	—	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	13	12	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	14
Feels °C	9	11	11	13	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 13
kJ	146	2824	2318	2405	1744	839	1266	1346	1632	1471	1281	1220	1025	928	865	865	865	851	739	713	713	726	865
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SW 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	—	—	—	—	—	—	SW 18
kJ	3	141	106	106	106	249	76	75	98	72	55	57	57	56	36	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	12
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	S 7	E 10	SSW 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	155	76	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	—	—	—	S 7	—	SSE 7	SSE 7	SE 7	SE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8
kJ	3484	—	—	—	138	—	178	191	255	293	321	269	240	226	186	209	262	331	444	555	704	710	663
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	1
Distance (km)	1	1	38	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	19	19	476	1045	19	19	19	19	19	415	415	1647
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Keurbooms	Brak River	The Wreck	Brak River	Brak River	Goukamma River Mouth	Gerickes Point	Fish Boma	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point			Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point	Gerickes Point
Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4			4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	4	8	5	7	6	5

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