Buffalo Bay Wildside surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 21 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
19.4° 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 2PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (21 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s
Evening (21 Apr)15ft (4.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
0
0
0
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3
2
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131212121313141415151616151514141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35873185313533715521564759606635624672948579888989478637750960445153431436972866204915611236953
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
NNW
15
W
20
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
20
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
E
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
E
25
ESE
30
E
25
E
15
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
1.67
6:22PM
1.50
6:42AM
1.47
7:20PM
1.35
7:47AM
1.28
8:49PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:10PM
0.24
12:28AM
0.38
1:01PM
0.41
1:33AM
0.55
2:13PM
0.56
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise-6:54-------6:54-------6:56------
Sunset----5:58-------5:57-------5:55---
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----221111-------------
Temp. °C141420211616151415151617171615141313172019171616
Feels °C (?)121015161011101011121213151413111010141514131213
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