Buffalo Bay Wildside surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 18 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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than 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 5AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 18). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)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
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
2
0
!
!
!
!
!
4
4
4
3
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
2.4
SW
0.8
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.2
E
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)111116101112111111101010991218181881111121414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18791388326215720732744238619171473970817660488573112163123178639573491303446824323
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
SW
5
SSE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
15
W
20
W
30
WNW
30
NW
40
WSW
30
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
25
W
20
SW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncrossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:54AM
2.00
4:17PM
1.80
4:31AM
1.95
4:55PM
1.74
5:11AM
1.84
5:36PM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
-0.00
10:11AM
-0.08
10:18PM
0.01
10:48AM
-0.02
10:57PM
0.09
11:27AM
0.09
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---6:52-------6:52-------6:54----
Sunset------6:00-------6:00-------5:59-
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1---------------11------
Temp. °C141515161919191616151516212323201614131417191916
Feels °C (?)1210101215161714141313131719171387779131414
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