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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	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			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	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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 Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	0	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	8	9	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	10	9	9	10	9
Energy(?)	2048	1334	982	763	978	1743	1806	1561	2217	1578	1328	1483	1411	1647	1484	1029	727	608	556	424	448	454
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:00PM 1.59	3:21AM 1.89		3:27PM 1.93	3:50AM 1.82		3:57PM 1.80	4:18AM 1.88		4:27PM 1.80	4:46AM 1.97		4:58PM 1.79		5:18AM 2.18	5:32PM 2.00		5:49AM 1.88	6:03PM 1.64		6:30AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)	8:59AM 0.36		9:06PM 0.39	9:22AM 0.44		9:39PM 0.08	9:56AM 0.13		10:06PM -0.00	10:26AM 0.06		10:33PM -0.03	10:56AM 0.03		11:03PM -0.03	11:24AM 0.23		11:29PM 0.21	12:02PM 0.11		12:05AM 0.13	12:35PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	1
High °C	20	23	19	26	27	26	24	25	21	24	24	22	25	24	22	25	25	22	22	21	20	19
Low °C	17	22	18	21	26	24	23	24	20	22	24	21	22	22	20	22	23	20	21	20	17	18
Chill °C (?)	20	23	18	26	27	26	24	25	21	24	24	22	25	24	22	25	25	22	22	21	20	19
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.4 ESE	1.8 E	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 S	1.7 SW	1.6 ESE	1.4 SW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	11	9	10	15	15	14	13	13	9	13	8	12	10	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.1 SW	1.4 S	1.6 SW	1.4 S	1.6 SW	1.3 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	9	21	20	11	16	10	9	9	8	9	13	9	13	9	12	11	11	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	-	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	-	-	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	7	7	8	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15							Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Robberg 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	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	5	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 ESE	2.3 ESE	3.0 E	2.2 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	9	9	17	16	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	3126	2803	1384	1548	1382	1535	1335	1030	859	1182	763	854	1015	1251	3142	1715	1750	1693	1806	1722	1947	1649
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- 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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:56AM 1.50				2:57PM 1.81				3:23AM 1.65				3:29PM 1.73				3:48AM 2.02				3:58PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)			8:52AM 0.58				9:13PM 0.19				9:28AM 0.23				9:40PM 0.08				9:57AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	20	21	21	19	19	19	18	21	26	27	28	24	25	28	27	23	23	23	24	22
Chill °C (?)	15	17	20	21	21	19	19	19	18	21	26	27	28	24	25	28	27	23	23	23	24	22
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	7	12	12	12	11	9	9	9	9	10	10	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	1.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	12	21	21	20	20	11	11	17	16	16	16	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 E	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.3 ESE	3.0 E	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	4	4	5	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	-	-	-	4	4	4	4

	Sunday 15																					Mon
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Robberg 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	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	5	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3305	3317	1825	2417	2432	2562	2547	2485	2498	2159	2035	1752	1595	1595	1761	1236	1267	1244	1522	1418	1403	1143
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	2:56AM 1.50												3:00PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)							8:59AM 0.37													9:13PM 0.19
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	16	16	17	16	16	17	18	20	21	22	22	23	23	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	18	19
Chill °C (?)	16	15	16	15	15	17	18	20	21	22	22	23	23	21	21	20	18	18	18	18	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	-	0.9 E	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7