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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	Wed		Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	0	0	4	3	0	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	18	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	12	6
Energy(?)	2228	1054	1500	1191	1185	421	850	597	479	426	963	2876	1686	1626	941	829	403	359	358	285	304	475
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:43AM 1.48	1:13PM 1.40		1:57AM 1.40		2:13PM 1.57	2:46AM 1.57		2:58PM 1.96	3:25AM 2.00		3:40PM 1.76	4:04AM 2.10		4:17PM 1.79	4:40AM 1.89		4:51PM 2.04		5:14AM 2.15	5:22PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	6:33PM 0.54		6:52AM 0.55	7:47PM 0.40		8:04AM 0.41		8:37PM 0.23	8:52AM 0.47		9:15PM 0.32	9:38AM 0.15		9:50PM 0.24	10:11AM 0.30		10:28PM -0.02	10:45AM 0.28		10:59PM -0.01	11:17AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	23	23	21	25	25	22	24	24	21	24	25	22	21	22	21	22	26	22	27	27
Low °C	21	19	20	22	20	22	25	21	23	23	21	22	24	22	21	22	21	22	24	21	23	25
Chill °C (?)	21	20	23	23	21	25	25	22	24	24	21	24	25	22	21	22	21	22	26	22	27	27
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-
Sunset	7:36	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	18	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 SW	0.6 E	-	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	6	6	12	6	8	10	8	-	7	6	8	8	10	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	8	5	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	8	-	-	5	5	4	5	6	6	6

	Wednesday 28					Thursday 29								Friday 30								Sat
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	The Wreck 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	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2094	1087	2161	2228	2228	2059	2050	2050	926	1345	1191	1284	1388	1187	1050	1047	855	387	390	725	522	602
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:45AM 1.63				12:50AM 1.22				1:10PM 1.72				1:53AM 1.66					2:10PM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)				6:33PM 0.54				6:52AM 0.56				7:47PM 0.40					8:04AM 0.41				8:35PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	21	20	20	19	19	20	22	23	22	22	21	20	20	22	25	25	24	22	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	20	20	19	19	20	22	23	22	22	21	20	20	22	25	25	24	22	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 28															Thursday 29
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	The Wreck 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	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2062	1087	2270	2094	2196	2093	2093	2093	1070	1775	1775	2228	2228	1774	1747	2228	2091	1054	1054	2059	1608	2050
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	on	on	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)				11:45AM 1.36													12:50AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)											6:40PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-