Buffalo Bay Wildside surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 28 Mar 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 slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Buffalo Bay Wildside today?

The current surf forecast for Buffalo Bay Wildside at 9AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (28 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Evening (28 Mar)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
29
Monday
30
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
1
1
1
3
!
3
4
3
3
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111109991111111111111111111313131312121299
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)145143134231744113715962143174913761197819690635584382512504418367303236308265
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
W
20
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
S
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononcrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:49AM
1.31
1:13PM
1.33
1:39AM
1.49
1:57PM
1.47
2:16AM
1.65
2:32PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:12AM
0.53
7:27PM
0.43
7:59AM
0.36
8:06PM
0.29
8:34AM
0.23
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise---6:35-------6:37-------6:37----
Sunset------6:29-------6:27-------6:25-
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181818192020191717161617202019171616161721212017
Feels °C (?)181818191818181716151517201918181616161720191917
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