Buffalo Bay Wildside surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 01 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
19.2° 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 1PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (01 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (01 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
4
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)8813141414141313131313121212121213131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)370326284297301342357347552545545473593634695645503969954851706683555494
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
NW
10
NNW
0
NNE
10
E
0
WSW
5
SE
15
ESE
5
SSW
10
NE
10
ENE
5
E
10
WSW
10
N
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
WSW
15
WNW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
onoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
oncross-
on
glassoncrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:16AM
1.85
3:32PM
1.71
3:44AM
1.88
4:00PM
1.72
4:11AM
1.86
4:27PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:32AM
0.07
9:34PM
0.08
9:58AM
0.04
10:00PM
0.09
10:23AM
0.06
10:26PM
0.12
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise-6:39-------6:39-------6:41------
Sunset----6:22-------6:22-------6:21---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1----1-1349-
Temp. °C191922232119192019202326252122222021222320201919
Feels °C (?)191821232220192118212426262223242223232423221919
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