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Buffalo Bay Wildside surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 07 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
23.7° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 4PM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Afternoon (07 Feb)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (07 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
3
2
1
2
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
2.1
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
Period(s) (?)1111101010101010101010101010101011111177888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)292286281281348348308420328322322335459450416592563527425440637673575545
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
0
ESE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
20
E
25
ESE
20
ESE
10
E
0
E
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:41AM
1.60
6:48PM
1.38
7:09AM
1.45
7:17PM
1.24
7:40AM
1.30
7:53PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:52PM
0.39
12:48AM
0.40
1:22PM
0.52
1:17AM
0.54
1:59PM
0.65
1:53AM
0.69
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise-5:54-------5:54-------5:56------
Sunset----7:29-------7:28-------7:27---
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----11-------1112112222
Temp. °C212325252422222121212223212121202121242423212121
Feels °C (?)222626252522232221222324212121202121232323222424
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