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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Garden Route Wavefinder

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	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	0	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.5 E	2.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	8	8	9	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	682	560	1468	1360	812	753	545	616	402	2495	2588	1966	1652	1803	1388	1154	1947	1930	1385	1382	4337	1117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:28PM 2.03	4:45AM 2.17		4:54PM 1.77		5:09AM 1.89	5:23PM 1.92		5:39AM 2.01	5:48PM 1.82		5:59AM 1.63	6:10PM 1.45		6:23AM 1.45	6:40PM 1.55		6:47AM 1.33	7:01PM 1.17		7:19AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)	10:27AM 0.02		10:25PM 0.18	10:54AM 0.05		10:56PM 0.06	11:19AM 0.11		11:21PM 0.13	11:38AM 0.39		11:41PM 0.38	12:08PM 0.31		12:10AM 0.36	12:34PM 0.43		12:33AM 0.67	1:02PM 0.59		1:02AM 0.66	1:49PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	19	21	22	20	22	22	20	17	19	17	20	23	19	23	25	21	25	28	24	30
Low °C	18	21	18	19	21	17	18	21	17	17	18	15	17	21	17	19	25	20	21	27	24	26
Chill °C (?)	22	22	19	21	22	20	22	22	20	16	19	17	20	23	19	23	25	21	25	28	24	30
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	7:04	-	-	7:02	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	3.0 ESE	2.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.2 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	8	9	13	12	8	8	14	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	16	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.2 E	1.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.5 E	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	8	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	-

	Tue	Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Friday 06
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	584	437	553	812	682	665	688	906	1268	1181	1137	1058	1265	1086	1175	1005	663	566	637	570	545	573
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:15AM 2.18				4:26PM 1.81				4:45AM 2.17				4:55PM 1.70					5:09AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)	10:04PM -0.01				10:27AM 0.03				10:31PM 0.00				10:54AM 0.05				10:51PM 0.21					11:20AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	18	22	23	21	19	18	19	18	19	21	21	20	19	19	18	17	18	22	21
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	18	22	23	21	19	18	19	18	19	21	21	20	19	19	18	17	18	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	10	10	10	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	682	452	444	514	455	455	546	519	595	604	635	623	796	773	836	816	553	493	721	725	724	742
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									4:14AM 1.92												4:27PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		9:59PM 0.19													10:27AM 0.03
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	18	17	17	17	16	17	16	17	17	18	20	22	21	21	22	22	23	22	22	20
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	17	16	17	17	18	20	22	21	21	22	22	23	22	22	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	10	6	10	6	6	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	-	-	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	3