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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sun
	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	Groenvlei Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	7	0	9	5	4	4	3	4	4	8	9	6	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 E	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	14	10	13	15	15	15	13	13	11	10	11	11	18	17	16	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	572	401	662	1034	30	5556	5475	5834	15823	2588	2640	1202	675	811	2075	7668	8020	5649	3825	1954	1333	1078
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:46AM 1.01		11:32PM 1.15	12:48PM 1.08		12:59AM 1.27	1:46PM 1.24		1:51AM 1.40		2:24PM 1.57	2:30AM 1.50		2:57PM 1.72	3:05AM 1.58		3:31PM 1.62	3:38AM 1.67		4:02PM 1.78	4:11AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		4:28PM 0.78		6:23AM 0.69	6:36PM 0.73		7:33AM 0.58	7:42PM 0.62		8:06AM 0.58		8:24PM 0.47	8:48AM 0.29		9:01PM 0.33	9:19AM 0.16		9:35PM 0.22	9:50AM 0.06		10:09PM 0.13	10:20AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	27	29	28	27	24	15	15	16	14	14	15	13	14	16	14	16	19	16	20	18	15	17
Low °C	19	26	24	25	20	14	13	15	11	12	14	11	11	15	13	13	16	14	17	17	14	13
Chill °C (?)	27	29	28	27	24	14	14	14	12	13	14	12	14	16	14	16	19	16	20	18	15	16
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.3 E	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	13	13	15	10	15	13	13	11	10	11	11	18	17	16	15	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	-	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.0 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 E	1.1 SW
Period (s)	8	8	16	14	10	10	10	-	10	11	11	11	11	11	20	11	11	5	5	5	7	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	-	0.3 NW	0.4 NNW	-	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	-	-	1.1 WSW	-
Period (s)	4	-	3	4	-	13	15	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	5	-

	Sat	Sunday 03								Monday 04								Tuesday 05
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	6	6	7	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	2.2 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	15	15	16
Energy(?)	1012	744	637	650	617	560	513	513	518	557	548	511	745	1094	2063	1606	1945	2340	5234	5339	12580	6654
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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)	9:27PM 1.17				10:46AM 1.01					11:24PM 1.39				12:41PM 1.29				12:59AM 1.21				1:46PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)			4:16AM 0.73				4:28PM 0.80					6:23AM 0.69				6:36PM 0.73				7:33AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	3	-
Temp. °C	18	17	18	19	27	28	29	27	27	24	23	22	26	26	20	15	15	15	14	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	18	17	18	19	27	28	29	27	27	24	23	22	26	26	20	15	14	14	13	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	2.2 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	16	15	15	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	16	-	15	15

	Saturday 02			Sunday 03
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	6	6	7	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1285	1100	1012	905	853	743	689	678	615	484	483	650	654	476	678	616	637	623	531	527	547	500
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:27PM 1.17													10:44AM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)									4:15AM 0.75												4:27PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	20	20	19	21	23	28	28	28	30	30	30	29	28
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	20	20	19	21	23	28	28	28	30	30	30	29	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.5 NNW	0.7 N	0.5 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4