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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	0	0	4	0	0	3	2	2	2	3	3	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	7	10	10	11	11	10	15	15	8	13	14
Energy(?)	267	375	348	330	275	323	400	710	908	774	598	1165	488	496	401	461	320	360	515	818	2920	3071
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:21PM 1.50		6:49AM 1.86	6:48PM 1.38		7:20AM 1.72	7:17PM 1.24		7:56AM 1.57		8:05PM 1.35	8:28AM 1.16		9:27PM 0.97	10:50AM 1.34		12:47AM 1.27	12:54PM 1.41		1:51AM 1.42	1:56PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	12:17PM 0.49		12:18AM 0.43	12:47PM 0.61		12:49AM 0.38	1:20PM 0.74		1:17AM 0.54		2:03PM 0.87	1:59AM 0.87		3:11PM 0.75	3:20AM 0.82		6:10PM 0.96		6:29AM 1.01	7:27PM 0.82		7:54AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	22	24	24	21	19	22	21	22	24	21	25	26	21	27	26	23	22	24	22	24
Low °C	21	24	21	23	23	20	19	20	19	20	23	20	22	25	21	24	24	21	21	23	21	22
Chill °C (?)	24	24	22	24	24	21	19	22	21	22	24	21	25	26	21	27	26	23	22	24	22	24
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	7	7	10	7	7	8	10	10	8	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.4 SSE	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	6	5	4	6	8	8	10	12	10	11	10	12	11	11	10	8	15	14	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	-	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	-	0.2 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.7 ESE	2.2 ESE	-	1.4 ESE	-	0.3 W	-	0.7 SW	-	0.7 E	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	-	6	-	4	3	5	-	6	5	6	6	7	-	7	-	2	-	4	-	8	7	7

	Thu	Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sunday 08
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	12	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	264	271	228	223	303	443	375	385	360	258	281	241	330	370	391	270	230	323	272	310	338	585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:18AM 1.99				6:21PM 1.50				6:49AM 1.86				6:53PM 1.64				7:20AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		11:56PM 0.14				12:24PM 0.27				12:18AM 0.43				12:52PM 0.38				12:46AM 0.56				1:22PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	23	21	20	21	23	23	24	22	21	21	21	23	24	24	23	21	21	21	20	20	23	20
Chill °C (?)	23	21	20	21	23	23	24	22	21	21	21	23	24	24	23	21	21	21	20	20	23	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	12	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	5	10	6	6	9	6	9	9	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	3	5	5	5	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 05			Friday 06
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	260	284	264	256	272	278	200	296	326	190	246	223	300	321	303	264	297	317	312	365	375	391
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)											6:18AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)				11:50PM 0.32													12:17PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	23	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	22	22	23	24	25	24	24	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	23	22	23	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	21	22	22	23	24	25	24	24	24	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 S
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	8	8	5	10	10	5	5	6	9	6	6	6	9	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-