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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Garden Route Wavefinder

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	Thu	Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	5	4	4	0	0	4	3	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	0	0	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SW	2.2 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	11	11	11	10	11	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	16	15	13	12	7	7
Energy(?)	3922	3052	2394	1301	1076	1485	1036	967	1115	748	1157	1940	1696	1533	1144	976	2112	3016	1432	873	1106	1110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	off	on
High Tide / height (m)	3:53AM 1.58		4:00PM 1.65	4:22AM 1.82		4:30PM 1.61	4:55AM 1.52		5:00PM 1.58		5:28AM 1.47	5:33PM 1.47		6:06AM 1.41	6:09PM 1.65		6:56AM 1.62	6:58PM 1.32		7:53AM 1.29		8:16PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	9:44PM 0.17	9:51AM 0.28		10:05PM 0.37	10:22AM 0.31		10:43PM 0.23	10:53AM 0.36		11:15PM 0.28	11:27AM 0.43		11:49PM 0.34	12:07PM 0.51		12:21AM 0.63	12:50PM 0.83		1:21AM 0.48		2:08PM 0.62	2:29AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
High °C	17	20	21	18	22	21	18	20	21	19	19	21	17	22	23	19	21	20	17	19	21	17
Low °C	16	19	20	17	19	19	18	19	20	18	18	20	16	20	23	18	19	17	16	17	20	17
Chill °C (?)	17	20	21	18	22	21	18	20	21	19	19	21	17	22	23	19	21	20	16	18	21	15
Sunrise	-	5:13	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SSE	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	11	11	11	10	11	11	8	14	13	13	13	12	16	15	13	12	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	-	0.2 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.0 S	1.2 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	10	16	10	9	9	-	-	20	7	7	7	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	-	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	1.2 ESE	1.7 E	-	-	-	1.9 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	6	7	7

	Thursday 20			Friday 21								Saturday 22								Sunday 23
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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 Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.0 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	4070	4268	4190	3380	3818	3456	3167	2747	2265	2084	2053	1775	2249	1599	1076	969	938	1176	1019	1152	1176	554
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	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)	3:30PM 1.68				3:53AM 1.58				4:00PM 1.68				4:23AM 1.56				4:24PM 1.91				4:55AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)			9:44PM 0.17				9:51AM 0.28				10:13PM 0.19				10:10AM 0.54				10:43PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	20	17	16	17	16	19	21	21	20	18	17	17	16	20	22	22	20	18	18	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	17	16	17	16	19	21	21	20	18	17	17	16	20	22	22	20	18	18	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15
Sunset	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.0 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	6	5	-	-

	Thursday 20									Friday 21
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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 Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	4054	4546	4070	4239	4323	4268	4214	4161	4161	4136	4028	3922	3870	3870	2994	2953	2717	3338	3456	3532	3483	1570
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:30PM 1.68												3:53AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)								9:44PM 0.17												9:51AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	18	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	19	20	22	21	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	18	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	19	20	22	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	19	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-