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 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	0	3	3	0	3	4	3	3	2	1	2	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	2.0 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	10	7	11	11	10	12	11	10	10	9	10	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	283	496	773	604	743	849	1129	591	523	460	228	332	942	1028	1307	1348	1191	2446	2161	1718	1257	1175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		7:17PM 1.22		7:56AM 1.57	7:53PM 1.10		8:48AM 1.43		9:29PM 0.99	11:08AM 1.07		1:00AM 1.03	1:08PM 1.19		1:51AM 1.42	1:57PM 1.28		2:27AM 1.34		2:30PM 1.46	2:56AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	1:20PM 0.74		1:17AM 0.54			1:53AM 0.69		3:10PM 0.79	3:21AM 0.84		6:33PM 0.77		6:55AM 0.81	7:46PM 0.62		7:54AM 0.63		8:20PM 0.47	8:19AM 0.73		8:47PM 0.32	8:59AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	3	1	5	4	14	3	3	-	-	3	2	2	4	-	-	5	2	-	1	-
High °C	22	21	21	23	23	22	22	23	22	25	26	23	21	22	20	24	24	22	20	21	20	22
Low °C	21	21	20	22	22	21	22	22	22	23	24	21	21	20	19	21	24	20	19	21	19	20
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	23	23	22	22	23	22	25	26	23	21	22	20	24	24	22	20	21	20	22
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	7:28	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SE	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	7	8	11	10	7	11	10	10	9	10	13	12	11	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	-	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	8	12	7	-	10	11	11	18	12	6	7	5	15	14	13	12	14	13	13	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	-	-	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.0 E
Period (s)	-	5	6	7	-	-	7	7	-	-	3	-	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	7

	Sat	Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	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	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	4	3	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 ESE	1.2 SSW	2.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.4 SSW	2.1 ESE	1.4 SSW	2.1 SE	1.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	7	10	7	8	11	8	11	7	7
Energy(?)	227	447	391	245	377	439	358	443	986	523	934	717	651	752	618	1371	777	849	1273	1389	1158	713
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:20AM 1.72				7:17PM 1.26				7:40AM 1.30				7:53PM 1.08					8:28AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)		12:49AM 0.38				1:22PM 0.52				1:17AM 0.54				1:59PM 0.65	2:03PM 0.87			1:53AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	3	5	1	-	-	1	2	4	10	2
Temp. °C	22	22	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	22	22	22	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	22	22	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	22	22	22	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 SE	0.3 E	0.6 SSW	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.2 SSE	-	-	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	5	8	12	-	6	7	7	7	7	-	-	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.3 E	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.5 E	2.3 ESE	-	-	2.1 ESE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	5	8	4	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	-	-	8	7	7	7

	Saturday 07			Sunday 08
	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	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	4	3	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	267	380	329	284	417	483	321	342	384	384	386	338	347	336	283	377	484	439	337	468	496	377
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												7:09AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)					12:48AM 0.40													1:22PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	-
Period (s)	5	6	5	8	8	8	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	12	12	8	12	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	4	3	4	5	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	8	8	8	4	5	5	5