Garden Route Surf

Garden Route Surf Forecast

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

	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Sat
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	11	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	13
Energy	1353	1131	876	1087	1283	1194	3172	1366	1565	639	811	2150	1894	1347	780	617	1042	2173	744	751	561	1058
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:33PM 1.39		7:40AM 1.28		8:32PM 1.58	8:46AM 1.22		9:35PM 1.39	10:10AM 1.39		10:45PM 1.44	11:26AM 1.25		11:52PM 1.53	12:33PM 1.54		12:52AM 1.63	1:31PM 1.46		1:46AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	1:07PM 0.41		1:41AM 0.74	1:57PM 0.47		2:56AM 0.76		3:00PM 0.68	4:04AM 0.55		4:08PM 0.52		5:18AM 0.48	5:20PM 0.49		6:32AM 0.51	6:27PM 0.41		7:20AM 0.25	7:27PM 0.32		8:12AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	15	17	19	18	16	15	15	16	17	14	17	19	16	19	19	16	16	16	15	16
Low °C	11	15	15	13	18	17	14	14	14	13	15	13	13	17	15	18	16	15	15	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	17	15	17	19	18	16	15	14	16	17	14	17	19	16	19	19	16	16	16	15	16
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30
Sunset	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 E	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	13	14	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 S	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 S	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	11	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 06							Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 ESE	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1511	1405	1353	1084	1131	970	793	876	1082	1223	1087	1099	1283	1093	1100	1194	1183	1245	3172	1275	1366	1135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:49AM 1.53				7:33PM 1.39				7:40AM 1.28					8:32PM 1.58				8:46AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)				12:58PM 0.57				1:41AM 0.74				1:57PM 0.47					2:56AM 0.76				3:00PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	14	17	15	14	15	15	14	13	17	19	18	18	18	17	17	15	14	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	12	11	14	17	15	14	15	15	14	12	17	19	18	18	18	17	17	14	12	13	15	16
Sunrise	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 E	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	13	14	14	14	14	13	11	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.2 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	13	7	7	-

	Saturday 06																					Sun
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Brak River 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	12
Energy	1543	1557	1511	1614	1722	1405	1623	1327	1353	1308	1301	1084	1013	1137	1131	1004	987	970	937	929	793	993
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)					6:49AM 1.35													7:33PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	13	14	15	16	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-