Buffalo Bay Wildside surfForecast / Garden Route / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 08 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
19.3° C
(Which is 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 1PM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 1.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 08). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
4
4
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
1
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121111111111111116161515141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)163213291196118172659448846149248348348343739145857384914411484133613181280999984
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
10
NE
10
E
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
15
NNE
10
NW
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
WSW
10
S
15
ESE
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
WSW
20
SSW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
W
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:21AM
1.33
6:46PM
1.21
6:57AM
1.19
7:49PM
1.08
8:18AM
1.07
10:49PM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:37PM
0.54
12:47AM
0.66
1:28PM
0.67
1:57AM
0.79
3:27PM
0.75
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sat
11
Sunrise-6:45-------6:45-------6:46------
Sunset----6:14-------6:13-------6:10---
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171927292724282526262729272523242425302923212121
Feels °C (?)151724272522272526262729262423242324292624212122
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