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.

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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Garden Route Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Garden Route Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Garden Route Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Garden Route Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Garden Route Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Garden Route Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Garden Route Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Garden Route Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Garden Route Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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	Sat	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23
	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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	9	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	9	16	18	16	15	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	11	10	12	12	13	14
Energy(?)	915	798	703	490	547	536	706	2158	1715	697	874	333	1772	4742	1731	1141	1770	2403	9804	11411	9303	11531
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:51PM 1.35	9:47AM 1.12		10:46PM 1.27	12:04PM 1.12		12:38AM 1.30	1:26PM 1.31		1:44AM 1.43		2:16PM 1.48	2:30AM 1.55		2:53PM 1.85	3:07AM 1.65		3:28PM 1.98	3:40AM 1.71		4:00PM 1.82	4:12AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)	3:30AM 0.61		3:55PM 0.84		5:39AM 0.61	6:15PM 0.65		7:14AM 0.51	7:38PM 0.51		8:08AM 0.36		8:28PM 0.36	8:47AM 0.22		9:07PM 0.24	9:20AM 0.12		9:41PM 0.16	9:45AM 0.26		10:06PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
High °C	15	18	19	16	21	22	16	17	17	14	19	20	15	17	15	14	15	17	15	16	16	13
Low °C	13	14	18	16	16	17	15	15	16	14	14	19	13	15	14	13	14	17	13	16	14	12
Chill °C (?)	15	18	19	16	21	22	16	16	16	14	19	20	15	16	14	14	14	17	14	15	14	10
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	5.5 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	9	9	18	16	15	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	10	10	12	12	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 E	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	7	12	14	18	16	9	9	8	10	6	10	10	9	10	9	-	-	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	3.0 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	9	-	-	-	6	-	12	-	-	11	10	12	12	13	-

	Saturday 16			Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	18	17	16	16	18	18	16
Energy(?)	977	873	774	1003	1051	897	798	648	703	701	678	565	509	525	565	593	631	629	670	706	1557	1542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:04PM 1.60				9:47AM 1.12				10:45PM 1.25					12:04PM 1.15				12:30AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	2:13PM 0.53				3:30AM 0.59				3:53PM 0.67					5:39AM 0.61				6:14PM 0.82				7:15AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	13	13	14	18	19	18	15	15	15	15	17	22	19	17	16	14	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	13	13	14	18	19	18	14	15	15	15	17	22	19	17	16	13	15	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05
Sunset	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	18	18	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 E	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	8	7	7	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	18	18	17	16	16	9	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	-	0.8 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	6	-	-	-	3	4	-	5	-	8	8

	Saturday 16									Sunday 17
	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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11
Energy(?)	1092	1099	900	949	954	873	874	878	780	875	870	915	929	1051	947	945	929	856	869	724	798	696
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)							8:51PM 1.35													9:50AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)	2:13PM 0.53													3:30AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	16	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	16	17	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	7	8	7	12	7	12	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SW	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-