Buffalo Bay Wildside surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 07 Apr 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
19.5° C
(Which is 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 1PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (07 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (07 Apr)8ft (2.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
S
2
S
2
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131313131212111111111111111616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3748348929532767261819351836151413971329971848726594488483544483483483437437458636
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
NNE
10
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
NE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
S
10
ENE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
1.47
6:12PM
1.34
6:21AM
1.33
6:46PM
1.21
6:57AM
1.19
7:49PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:04PM
0.41
12:11AM
0.52
12:37PM
0.54
12:47AM
0.66
1:28PM
0.67
1:57AM
0.79
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-6:43-------6:45-------6:45------
Sunset----6:15-------6:14-------6:13---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C151520212016161717192729272525242222222522222222
Feels °C (?)141419171714141615172427252424232222222523222222
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