Garden Route Surf

Garden Route Surf Forecast

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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Garden Route Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	5	6	7	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	4	4	5	3	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 WSW	2.3 SE	1.7 SSW	3.0 ESE
Period(s)	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	13	11	10	12	8	13	8
Energy	3220	5334	6051	4862	3560	2390	1800	1247	895	812	1017	868	632	508	452	1019	1145	3005	819	1557	1525	2702
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:43AM 1.79		2:09PM 1.42	2:16AM 1.58		2:43PM 1.51	2:50AM 1.60		3:16PM 1.52	3:23AM 1.61		3:48PM 1.54	3:55AM 1.61		4:21PM 1.73	4:22AM 1.80		4:54PM 1.48	5:00AM 1.54		5:28PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		8:05AM 0.33		8:06PM 0.41	8:37AM 0.29		8:41PM 0.37	9:08AM 0.24		9:14PM 0.34	9:38AM 0.23		9:47PM 0.33	10:10AM 0.22		10:07PM 0.50	10:41AM 0.26		10:54PM 0.37	11:03AM 0.38		11:16PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	8	40
High °C	16	18	19	16	17	19	16	19	20	17	22	24	23	21	20	17	17	18	17	17	17	15
Low °C	16	16	17	15	15	17	15	15	18	16	17	23	20	19	18	16	16	17	15	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	16	18	19	16	17	19	15	19	20	17	22	24	23	21	20	17	17	18	17	17	16	13
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSW	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	13	13	9	8	8	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.4 SE	-	0.9 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	1.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	-	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	6	5	6	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	12	13	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 E	-	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	-	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	3.0 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	-	5	7	-	-	-	3	4	-	11	10	-	8	8	8

	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28								Friday 29								Saturday 30
	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 Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	5	6	5	5	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s)	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	5157	5356	5389	3220	3937	3731	5334	5750	6051	6128	5512	4862	5398	4304	3560	2669	2390	1970	2126	1800	1212	1379
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	glass	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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)				1:43AM 1.79					2:09PM 1.42				2:16AM 1.55				2:43PM 1.51				2:51AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)		7:28PM 0.45					8:05AM 0.33				8:06PM 0.41				8:37AM 0.29				8:41PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	17	15
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22
Sunset	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	-	-	-	0.9 E	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	6	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SSE	1.7 SE	1.5 ESE	-	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	6	6	6	6	-	-

	Wednesday 27									Thursday 28
	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	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	5	6	5	5	2	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy	2182	5158	5157	5553	5491	5356	5295	5235	5389	5043	3310	3220	3182	4034	3937	3278	3499	3731	4703	5145	5334	5468
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)												1:43AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)						7:28PM 0.45													8:05AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-