Buffalo Bay Wildside surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 28 Feb 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
20.7° 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 7PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (28 Feb)7ft (2.1m)11s
Evening (28 Feb)10ft (3.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
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0
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
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4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111111121213131414151514141414131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)86810241848182932505057500658918296825383938649824276576505579448383932334728002499221917991450
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
20
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
WNW
25
W
30
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
20
W
20
W
25
W
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
15
W
15
SW
10
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:13PM
1.52
2:38AM
1.62
2:52PM
1.65
3:13AM
1.78
3:26PM
1.73
3:45AM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:11AM
0.39
8:30PM
0.25
8:52AM
0.23
9:04PM
0.12
9:27AM
0.12
9:35PM
0.03
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-------6:15-------6:16-------6:16
Sunset--7:06-------7:05-------7:02-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202121191919171615151415141413141718181615141417
Feels °C (?)181820191918141210101011998101314161413121216
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