Buffalo Bay Wildside surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 04 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
20.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average 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: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (04 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (04 Mar)6ft (1.9m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
3
4
4
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
2.4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)10101010121213121212121212121111111111111110910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7836806947681225140314261359122010421042880792710600544479471414406449116921202790
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
5
E
5
NNE
5
SW
10
NW
10
W
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
E
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
SSE
15
S
15
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
35
WSW
35
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
onononglassoffglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
oncrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27PM
1.78
4:42AM
1.91
4:54PM
1.74
5:09AM
1.85
5:21PM
1.67
5:35AM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
0.02
10:31PM
0.00
10:54AM
0.05
10:56PM
0.05
11:20AM
0.11
11:21PM
0.13
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-------6:18-------6:18-------6:20
Sunset--7:00-------7:00-------6:58-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------12-
Temp. °C232322191918182020212119181817192323212020191717
Feels °C (?)222221191918182020212121191918202322202020141112
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