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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	Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thu		Fri				Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	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	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	0	3	0	2	3	2	0	4	3	5	5	1	4	4	0	0	4	0	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	2.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	6	7	10	16	14	13	13	12	15	16	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	10	18	16	16
Energy(?)	545	740	421	274	520	664	269	552	1311	2863	3601	460	3183	2539	721	1381	1191	901	871	1072	1088	1330
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:01PM 1.62	2:26AM 1.76		2:34PM 1.97	2:55AM 1.58		3:01PM 1.68	3:24AM 1.58		3:29PM 1.98	3:54AM 1.55		4:00PM 1.62	4:23AM 1.59		4:30PM 1.61	4:55AM 1.52		4:54PM 1.84		5:28AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			8:20PM 0.47	8:16AM 0.51		8:48PM 0.21	8:52AM 0.29		9:16PM 0.17	9:22AM 0.27		9:44PM 0.17	9:51AM 0.27		10:12PM 0.20	10:21AM 0.33		10:43PM 0.23	10:53AM 0.35		11:06PM 0.46	11:27AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	-
High °C	20	21	17	20	19	18	20	20	17	20	21	15	20	22	18	21	23	19	20	21	18	20
Low °C	17	19	16	18	19	16	18	19	15	18	20	13	18	21	17	19	21	19	19	19	17	19
Chill °C (?)	20	21	16	20	19	18	20	20	17	20	21	13	20	22	18	21	23	18	20	21	18	20
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:13	-	6:03	5:13	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:11
Sunset	-	7:10	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	6	6	14	13	10	12	15	16	14	14	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 ESE	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	10	5	10	13	17	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	12	12	19	11	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	-	0.7 S	-	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	0.4 E	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	7	-	8	-	6	6	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	-	-

	Monday 17							Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	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	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	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	0	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 ESE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	6	7	7	6	11	10	6	10	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1205	1066	545	544	541	716	598	714	530	385	205	253	502	569	586	582	593	547	529	400	552	795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	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)					2:05PM 1.93				2:26AM 1.50				2:31PM 1.62				2:55AM 1.55				3:02PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)		7:51AM 0.38					8:22PM 0.25				8:16AM 0.51				8:48PM 0.21				8:52AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	18	20	20	19	17	16	16	15	18	20	20	20	18	18	18	16	18	20	20	19	17
Chill °C (?)	13	18	20	20	18	16	15	16	15	18	20	20	20	18	18	18	16	18	20	20	19	17
Sunrise	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	6	6	6	10	10	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	8	10	10	21	9	11	11	10	10	6	6	10	8	6	6	6	6	7	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	-	-	8	8	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	6

	Monday 17																					Tue
	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	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	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	2	0	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	6	6	7	6	7	7	7
Energy(?)	1240	1469	1010	1021	937	997	1066	708	708	657	516	831	790	794	701	646	761	694	669	612	551	598
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													2:01PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)						7:51AM 0.39													8:22PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	15	16	18	19	20	21	21	20	19	19	19	20	19	18	17	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	14	14	16	18	19	20	21	21	20	18	18	18	20	18	17	16	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	1.0 S	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	18	9	-	8	8	8	10	-	-	9	8	8	16	16	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	7