Buffalo Bay Wildside Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.08° S 22.98° E

Buffalo Bay Wildside 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Buffalo Bay Wildside sea temperature is
14.4°C
2.8° 

Buffalo Bay Wildside surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Buffalo Bay Wildside today (10 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Buffalo Bay Wildside at 8AM is: 0.9m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (10 Sep)7ft (2.1m)15s
Evening (10 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 20°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the ESE by Sat night).

Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
3
2
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.2
SW
13
1.4
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
2.1
SW
15
2
SW
14
1.9
SW
14
1.8
SW
13
1.8
SW
13
1.7
SW
13
1.6
SW
13
1.6
SW
12
1.4
SW
12
1.3
SW
12
1.3
SW
12
1.3
SW
12
1.3
SW
11
1.7
ESE
7
1.3
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.8
SW
16
2
SSW
17
2.1
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
286
424
487
1057
2009
1784
1594
1403
1162
1053
946
784
724
580
503
494
427
406
254
736
1109
1672
2269
2234
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
NNW
5
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
10
ESE
20
SE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:00AM1.73m
3:19PM1.90m
3:34AM1.79m
3:51PM1.96m
4:06AM1.79m
4:21PM1.95m
Low Tide
9:08AM0.03m
9:34PM0.02m
9:40AM-0.02m
10:05PM-0.01m
10:09AM-0.01m
10:35PM0.01m
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light rain
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light rain
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:33
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:15
6:15
6:16
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
17
17
18
18
17
16
16
16
15
16
17
19
18
16
16
16
15
16
18
20
18
17
17
Feels °C
16
17
17
18
18
17
16
16
16
15
16
17
18
16
14
15
15
14
16
18
18
16
14
14
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