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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Garden Route Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu		Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	0	6	5	5	4	0	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 ESE	3.0 E	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	9	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1938	1836	1885	1955	3314	5239	4423	3188	1886	1334	1002	837	1823	3454	1654	1332	1646	1725	1387	771	986	776
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:54AM 1.21	1:49PM 1.54		2:27AM 1.37		2:30PM 1.46	2:56AM 1.50		2:57PM 1.81	3:24AM 1.61		3:29PM 1.69	3:50AM 1.78		3:58PM 1.77	4:18AM 1.88		4:27PM 1.84	4:46AM 1.97		4:58PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	7:46PM 0.62		7:40AM 0.88		8:19PM 0.48	8:29AM 0.50		8:47PM 0.32	8:52AM 0.58		9:14PM 0.18	9:28AM 0.23		9:39PM 0.08	9:51AM 0.32		10:06PM -0.00	10:26AM 0.05		10:33PM -0.03	10:57AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	3	-	2	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	21	20	20	18	19	18	20	23	19	26	30	25	29	28	22	25	25	22	24	25
Low °C	19	19	20	19	17	18	18	16	17	22	18	21	27	24	26	26	20	21	24	20	21	23
Chill °C (?)	19	19	21	20	20	18	19	18	20	23	18	26	30	25	29	28	22	25	25	22	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	9	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	14	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	21	20	18	16	15	9	9	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.9 ESE	-	0.6 SW	2.3 SW	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.0 E	-	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	5	-	3	8	-	-	-	4	6	7	7	8	9	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 12					Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sun
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	6	0	6	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1564	1689	1542	2441	2592	2382	2332	1983	1402	1024	1940	2143	3041	3314	10274	5466	5353	5038	4393	3959	3697	3223
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	on	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:08PM 1.19				1:55AM 1.18				1:49PM 1.54					2:26AM 1.58				2:30PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)				7:27PM 0.82				7:54AM 0.65					8:20PM 0.47				8:29AM 0.50				8:47PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	2	2	1	2	3	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	20	19	19	17	18	18	19	19	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	20	18	18	16	17	18	19	19	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	15	14	15	11	10	9	14	14	14	16	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 E	0.4 E	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 E	-	-	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	-	-	4	4	-	-	3	5	7	8	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 12															Friday 13
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	6	0	6	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1429	1483	1295	1316	1594	1726	1763	1788	1542	2228	2743	2736	2736	2685	2266	2749	2542	2382	2323	2320	2332	2152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)						1:08PM 1.17												1:55AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)												7:46PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	5	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	4	4	4