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

	Fri		Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Fri
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	16	15	14	13	12	13	13	15	14	16	13	13	12	12	13	18	16	16	16	14	14	14
Energy	398	356	594	564	623	573	682	1023	1516	3015	1097	1266	546	1093	1747	4561	3400	3415	3130	2004	3294	7143
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:37PM 1.60	9:05AM 1.20		10:00PM 1.37	10:32AM 1.36		11:14PM 1.61	11:49AM 1.40		12:15AM 1.67	12:47PM 1.25		1:01AM 1.50	1:32PM 1.35		1:43AM 1.79		2:09PM 1.42	2:18AM 1.83		2:43PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		3:11AM 0.76		3:18PM 0.53	4:36AM 0.59		4:38PM 0.56		6:02AM 0.68	5:48PM 0.54		6:48AM 0.46	6:44PM 0.63		7:30AM 0.39	7:28PM 0.45		8:05AM 0.33			8:37AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	18	16	18	18	16	18	19	17	18	20	19	19	19	15	18	20	17	18	18	17	16	16
Low °C	16	16	15	17	15	16	17	16	17	19	15	15	17	14	15	18	15	15	17	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	18	16	18	18	16	18	19	17	18	20	19	19	19	15	18	20	17	18	18	17	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-
Sunset	5:34	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	16	15	14	13	12	13	13	15	14	16	13	13	12	12	13	18	16	16	16	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.4 E	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	8	17	16	11	10	10	10	6	7	14	19	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.5 E	-	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14

	Friday 22					Saturday 23								Sunday 24								Mon
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	15
Energy	385	353	398	511	546	356	551	601	594	592	564	531	570	623	531	875	573	682	682	630	635	1023
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					8:37PM 1.39				9:05AM 1.20				10:00PM 1.37				10:32AM 1.36					11:14PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)							3:06AM 0.60				3:18PM 0.53				4:36AM 0.59				4:38PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	18	19	17	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	19	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	18	19	17	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	8	7	16	5	6	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	8	14	13	13	13	13	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	18	11	7	16	16	6	6	6	6	6	6	11	9	8	12	18	17	17	16	16	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-

	Friday 22															Saturday 23
	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	Brak River 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s)	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy	388	385	385	359	335	353	353	398	398	395	514	511	510	567	546	542	534	356	337	551	551	562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)													8:37PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)							2:04PM 0.46													3:06AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	19	19	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	17	19	19	19	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	16	16	16	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	6	18	18	18	11	11	11	7	7	7	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-