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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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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	Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Mon
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	2	2	3	0	2	4	0	4	4	2	0	2	2	2	4	0	0	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 E	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	8	13	12	11	7	10	9	9	10	9	11	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2332	1658	583	914	676	432	471	414	37	1573	1887	842	389	555	330	307	207	1145	2164	2879	2736	1496
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:40AM 1.50		11:31PM 1.30	12:05PM 1.51		1:08AM 1.12	1:17PM 1.28		1:55AM 1.49	1:58PM 1.66	2:04PM 1.38	2:36AM 1.61		2:42PM 1.45	3:11AM 1.43		3:15PM 1.58	3:42AM 1.57		3:46PM 1.65	4:09AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)		5:27PM 0.93		5:18AM 0.93	6:55PM 0.64		7:00AM 0.69	7:50PM 0.54		7:40AM 0.82		8:18PM 0.63	8:23AM 0.73		9:02PM 0.31	9:11AM 0.38		9:32PM 0.22	9:43AM 0.30		9:52PM 0.34	10:05AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	1	-
High °C	23	24	21	23	23	20	23	23	21	18	18	18	21	22	20	20	21	19	22	21	19	20
Low °C	22	24	19	21	22	19	21	22	19	17	18	17	18	20	18	19	20	18	19	20	17	19
Chill °C (?)	23	24	21	23	23	20	23	23	21	17	18	18	21	22	20	20	21	19	22	21	19	20
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SE	1.2 SW	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	1.6 SW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	15	13	12	11	7	10	7	7	7	9	10	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	-	0.9 SSW	0.4 E	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	11	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	12	-	11	11	9	9	10	8	9	8	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.5 E	1.7 SE	-	1.3 SE	-	0.7 SW	-	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	10	7	-	7	-	4	-	9	11	12	-	-

	Sun	Monday 12								Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	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	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	20	18	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2085	2371	2592	2319	2332	2113	2299	1808	1066	1031	1258	708	410	823	791	647	617	590	518	514	346	387
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	9:47PM 1.32				10:31AM 1.20					11:31PM 1.30				12:07PM 1.18				1:08AM 1.12				1:11PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)			3:39AM 0.89					5:21PM 0.70				5:18AM 0.93				6:55PM 0.64				7:00AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	21	23	23	23	23	22	21	20	19	20	23	22	22	20	19	18	18	21	24	23
Chill °C (?)	22	22	21	23	23	23	23	22	21	20	19	20	23	22	22	20	19	18	18	21	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	20	18	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 11			Monday 12
	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	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	21	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	1416	2085	2085	2263	1755	1765	1765	2280	2592	2524	2339	2319	2020	2292	2491	2287	2149	2113	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:47PM 1.32													10:31AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)								3:33AM 0.71														5:27PM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	23	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	24	23
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	23	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	20	20	19	12	12	12	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	11	11	11	18	18	18	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	10	10	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-