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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	Sun	Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30
	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	Santos Reef Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	0	0	5	3	4	4	0	0	3	0	3	2	2	2	3	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	2.4 SE	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	14	13	12	14	13	12	11	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	869	1149	1662	1210	904	2119	3058	1692	1321	686	654	922	823	723	639	445	311	279	654	937	950	1636
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:28AM 1.50	5:33PM 1.50		6:06AM 1.41	6:10PM 1.39		6:56AM 1.62	6:58PM 1.32		7:52AM 1.32		8:06PM 1.21	9:08AM 1.32		9:46PM 1.43	10:35AM 1.68		11:07PM 1.20	11:38AM 1.47		12:17AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	11:14PM 0.29	11:27AM 0.44		11:49PM 0.34	12:07PM 0.51		12:21AM 0.63	12:50PM 0.83		1:21AM 0.48		2:08PM 0.63	2:28AM 0.53		3:55PM 0.86	4:01AM 0.78		5:01PM 0.55		5:04AM 0.49	6:20PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	21	18	23	22	21	23	23	20	21	21	19	22	23	21	21	20	19	23	23	19
Low °C	17	19	20	17	20	21	20	21	21	18	20	20	17	20	22	20	20	20	16	20	21	18
Chill °C (?)	19	20	21	18	23	22	21	23	23	20	21	21	18	22	23	21	21	20	19	23	23	19
Sunrise	-	5:11	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 S	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	9	15	14	14	13	12	14	13	12	11	10	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.1 S	1.3 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	16	10	9	9	8	16	6	7	7	7	12	10	14	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 E	0.7 W	-	-	1.9 SE	1.9 ESE	2.4 SE	2.3 ESE	-	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	4	-	-	6	7	8	8	-	4	5	-	-	-	4	-

	Sunday 23			Monday 24								Tuesday 25								Wednesday 26
	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	Gerickes Point 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	Santos Reef Garden Route	Dias Beach 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	16	16	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1025	1073	1138	1121	1056	1103	1181	647	1476	1856	1766	1584	1480	1158	904	1399	1656	2170	3389	3058	1840	1435
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	on	on	off	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:00PM 1.58					5:28AM 1.47				5:33PM 1.47				6:06AM 1.41				6:10PM 1.42				6:56AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)				11:15PM 0.28				11:16AM 0.67				11:49PM 0.34				11:56AM 0.75				12:31AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	18	17	16	19	21	21	20	18	17	16	16	20	23	23	22	20	21	22	19	21
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	17	16	19	21	21	20	18	17	16	16	20	23	23	22	20	21	22	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13
Sunset	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 S	1.3 SW	1.2 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 S	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	11	10	11	16	15	9	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 SW	1.2 S	1.2 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	-	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	10	11	10	11	10	9	10	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	16	16	16	-	6	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.7 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	5	6	6	-	-

	Sunday 23									Monday 24
	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	Gerickes Point 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	Santos Reef Garden Route	Dias Beach 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Energy(?)	972	1025	1025	1110	1019	1121	858	521	1138	1195	1121	1121	1114	1056	815	812	882	1091	1109	2053	1181	1159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:00PM 1.58													5:28AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)										11:15PM 0.28												11:16AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	19	18	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	20	20	21	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	19	18	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	20	20	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	11	9	9	16	16	11	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	18	10	10	10	11	11	11	16	10	10	11	11	11	10	16	16	9	9	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-