Buffalo Bay Wildside surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
19.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Buffalo Bay Wildside today?

The current surf forecast for Buffalo Bay Wildside at 2PM is: 1.9m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (19 Apr)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)1ft (0.3m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
Period(s) (?)10109101818181818111111141414131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8696735426463361123178270409536953091507246314051408435873478329332425809581150375606
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNW
15
WNW
20
W
35
WNW
35
NW
40
WSW
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
30
W
25
WSW
20
SW
10
W
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
W
20
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:31AM
1.95
4:55PM
1.74
5:11AM
1.84
5:36PM
1.64
5:53AM
1.67
6:22PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:48AM
-0.02
10:57PM
0.09
11:27AM
0.09
11:39PM
0.21
12:10PM
0.24
12:28AM
0.38
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-6:52-------6:54-------6:54------
Sunset----6:00-------5:59-------5:58---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
------11-------------211
Temp. °C151621232220151414141718181515141414192018161616
Feels °C (?)1213171815138777911131313111211151513121212
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Buffalo Bay Wildside surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest