Garden Route Surf

Detailed Garden Route surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Garden Route. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Garden Route. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Garden Route over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Garden Route and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

Garden Route Surf Forecast

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Garden Route Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Garden Route Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Garden Route coastline are also listed below.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	7	5	4	4	4	4	0	0	9	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	5.5 SW	6.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	10	11	11	11	-	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	13	12	21
Energy(?)	2498	6020	4041	828	1967	3565	2534	0	12058	27202	8282	5992	3799	3031	2495	1407	1327	929	1384	1186	862	2558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:30AM 1.55		2:55PM 1.63	3:07AM 1.65		3:29PM 1.75	3:40AM 1.71		4:00PM 1.82	4:10AM 1.73		4:29PM 1.85	4:39AM 1.71		5:00PM 2.06		5:06AM 1.63	5:23PM 1.78		5:34AM 1.83	5:48PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	8:28PM 0.36	8:47AM 0.22		9:07PM 0.24	9:20AM 0.14		9:41PM 0.16	9:45AM 0.26		10:11PM 0.11	10:12AM 0.23		10:39PM 0.11	10:43AM 0.06		11:06PM 0.13	11:08AM 0.10		11:32PM 0.19	11:28AM 0.34		11:57PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	18	18	15	17	17	13	15	16	13	14	16	14	17	19	16	18	19	15
Low °C	14	14	15	14	15	16	13	13	15	12	12	15	12	12	15	12	12	17	14	14	17	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	18	17	14	16	15	10	14	15	13	12	15	14	17	19	16	18	19	15
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 E	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.2 E	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	5.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	12	11	10	10	11	11	13	-	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	8	9	9	21
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	9	9	10	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	16	11	13	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	6.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.7 ESE	-	0.4 WNW	0.7 SW	-
Period (s)	11	12	11	-	11	11	-	12	14	15	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	-	3	4	-

	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	4	4	7	8	7	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	0	4	5	6	4	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	8	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	676	672	1448	2498	6665	7629	6020	2860	4041	3480	2386	1377	1120	3022	3819	4989	5193	4591	5463	1554	2629	10942
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:16PM 1.48				2:29AM 1.62				2:55PM 1.63				3:07AM 1.65				3:29PM 1.71				3:40AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			8:28PM 0.36				8:47AM 0.22				9:04PM 0.42				9:17AM 0.32				9:41PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	16	16	15	15	14	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	17	14	15	13	14	13	14	15	14	13	14	14	12	14	15	15	14	14	13	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58
Sunset	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 E	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	8	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.1 SW	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	9	9	12	-	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	-	0.3 NNW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	4.5 SW
Period (s)	-	6	8	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	-	3	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	12

	Wednesday 20									Thursday 21
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	4	4	7	8	7	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	0	4	5	6	4	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	8	8	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	811	762	676	676	396	605	605	731	1448	1448	1740	2498	2917	3331	6873	3851	3940	7629	7112	5136	6020	5870
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:16PM 1.48												2:30AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)							8:28PM 0.36												8:47AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	17	16	16	15	15	17	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	16	16	14	14	17	15	14	12	13	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	3.0 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	10	9	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.8 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 E	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	6	9	9	12	12	12	9	-	-	-	10	-	-	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	11	8	8	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12