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Buffalo Bay Wildside surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 14 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
23.4° C
 (Which is 1.7°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: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Feb)13ft (4.0m)13s
Afternoon (14 Feb)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (14 Feb)11ft (3.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
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!
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2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
4
!
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
2
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
3
E
2.4
ESE
2.2
ESE
2
E
Period(s) (?)13131313131313131313131212121212128889999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6040533348054258395334603075277324701876132010567956585784724364746919101350917773721
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
20
S
15
SE
15
E
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
NW
5
W
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
1.46
2:56AM
1.50
3:00PM
1.59
3:23AM
1.65
3:29PM
1.69
3:50AM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
0.50
8:47PM
0.32
8:59AM
0.36
9:13PM
0.19
9:28AM
0.23
9:39PM
0.08
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise-------6:01-------6:03-------6:03
Sunset--7:22-------7:21-------7:20-----
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part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181919181817161721222119181818212628272425252525
Feels °C (?)151616161615141518171615151516192526252527252625
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