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

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	Sat	Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06
	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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11
Energy	573	1066	625	600	530	718	1009	1072	1575	1877	2173	1623	1529	1826	2026	1486	1391	1404	1447	1003	811	624
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:22AM 1.85		3:48PM 1.73	3:55AM 1.61		4:21PM 1.54	4:28AM 1.58		4:54PM 1.72	5:00AM 1.54		5:28PM 1.69		5:27AM 1.69	6:06PM 1.42		6:05AM 1.62	6:46PM 1.62		6:49AM 1.53	7:34PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	9:03PM 0.48	9:39AM 0.22		9:47PM 0.33	10:00AM 0.34		10:20PM 0.34	10:42AM 0.24		10:54PM 0.37	11:14AM 0.29		11:16PM 0.59	11:38AM 0.44		11:56PM 0.64	12:15PM 0.50		12:51AM 0.53	12:58PM 0.57		1:41AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	6	12	8	6	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	23	24	21	22	22	18	19	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	12	15	18	16
Low °C	15	17	22	19	19	19	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	11	11	14	10	12	18	14
Chill °C (?)	16	23	24	21	22	22	18	18	15	15	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	14	12	15	18	16
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	3.0 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	10	9	13	12	12	11	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	7	9	7	7	7	8	8	8	15	11	-	-	11	11	11	11	10	14	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	4	7	10	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 30			Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	11
Energy	1052	613	514	573	647	1002	1066	672	625	500	652	600	545	537	530	663	718	631	1177	1009	733	1374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- 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)	3:16PM 1.48				3:22AM 1.85				3:48PM 1.73				3:55AM 1.61				4:21PM 1.54				4:28AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			9:03PM 0.48				9:39AM 0.22				9:47PM 0.33				10:00AM 0.34				10:20PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	16	16	16	16	23	24	22	22	21	21	19	19	22	22	19	16	18	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	15	16	16	16	16	23	24	22	22	21	21	19	19	22	22	19	16	18	16	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24
Sunset	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	5	5	5	8	7	7	7	7	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	8	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	11

	Saturday 30									Sunday 31
	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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1176	1158	1052	627	630	613	799	511	514	514	573	573	733	816	647	829	904	1002	1105	1119	1066	1049
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:16PM 1.48												3:23AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)								9:03PM 0.48												9:39AM 0.22
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	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	19	21	23	24
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	19	21	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-