Buffalo Bay Wildside surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 28 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
19.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Buffalo Bay Wildside today?

The current surf forecast for Buffalo Bay Wildside at 2AM is: 2.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (29 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
!
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.8
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1
S
0.9
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)11111111111111111013131310101012910999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)168221431749137611978197456356775125872043764482022362652672172021271266958
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
ESE
5
E
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NE
10
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscrosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoffglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:39AM
1.49
1:57PM
1.47
2:16AM
1.65
2:32PM
1.58
2:47AM
1.77
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:27PM
0.43
7:59AM
0.36
8:06PM
0.29
8:34AM
0.23
8:38PM
0.18
9:04AM
0.13
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise-----6:37-------6:37-------6:39--
Sunset6:29-------6:27-------6:25-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191717161617202020171616151721202018171717192424
Feels °C (?)181716151617201919171616151720181919181817202424
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