Buffalo Bay Wildside surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 14 Sep 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
18.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than 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 8AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Sep)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (14 Sep)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (14 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)13s

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

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Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
!
!
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
3
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
5.5
SW
6.5
SW
7.5
SW
7
SW
6
SW
5.5
SW
5
SW
Period(s) (?)161514141414141313131313121212111213131414131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39813919354532923052278623342029185914751269125014531562238944154319105411579221467171071247090376864
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
SW
10
S
10
SE
10
ENE
5
NW
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
W
10
NNW
15
WNW
35
W
45
W
45
WSW
45
WSW
45
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
crosscrossoncross-
on
crossoffglassglassglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:48AM
1.22
8:30PM
1.23
9:52AM
1.09
11:06PM
1.15
12:21PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:38AM
0.52
1:55PM
0.62
3:14AM
0.68
4:22PM
0.74
5:56AM
0.66
6:44PM
0.63
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Sunrise---6:28-------6:28-------6:26----
Sunset------6:17-------6:19-------6:19-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
light rain
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------1--1-
Temp. °C151514161919181514141415181818161718171414131313
Feels °C (?)141513151818171414141415161616131310854456
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Garden Route

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Buffalo Bay Wildside (light winds from the NNW at George Airport 57 km from Buffalo Bay Wildside). 3.0m 14s groundswell from the SSW which is too big for here.

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