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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	Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Fri
	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	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point 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	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	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	3	4	4	0	4	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	9	12	13	13	12	12	11	6	18	16	14	13	13	16	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	658	329	281	405	662	1954	2294	2239	971	584	356	397	357	401	489	411	421	1256	1425	1905	1737	1358
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	12:09PM 1.68		12:39AM 1.25	12:54PM 1.48		1:21AM 1.61	1:33PM 1.87		1:55AM 1.69		2:01PM 1.62	2:26AM 1.76		2:31PM 1.66	2:55AM 1.55		3:01PM 1.68	3:24AM 1.61		3:29PM 1.98	3:53AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)		6:43PM 0.51		6:37AM 0.51	7:22PM 0.40		7:17AM 0.63	7:55PM 0.54		7:51AM 0.38		8:20PM 0.47	8:22AM 0.33		8:49PM 0.20	8:52AM 0.29		9:16PM 0.18	9:21AM 0.28		9:37PM 0.36	9:51AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	19	18	18	18	18	19	16	19	20	17	21	22	19	20	22	18	21	23	19	23
Low °C	20	20	17	17	18	15	16	18	15	17	19	16	18	21	18	20	20	17	19	21	17	20
Chill °C (?)	21	22	19	18	18	18	17	19	15	18	20	16	21	22	19	20	22	17	21	23	18	23
Sunrise	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16
Sunset	-	7:10	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 ESE	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	6	13	13	16	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.6 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	1.2 SW	-	0.2 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	7	9	12	10	11	-	8	9	8	9	7	16	14	7	7	12	-	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 E	-	-	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.8 E	1.1 SE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	-	-	6	9	-	-	-	5	8	6	6	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6

	Friday 14							Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	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	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	13	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	566	567	271	231	461	398	217	244	316	457	405	457	662	1089	1834	2095	2303	3183	2780	1784	1597	1905
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	low
High Tide / height (m)				12:09PM 1.39				12:39AM 1.51				12:56PM 1.78				1:21AM 1.34				1:33PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		5:42AM 0.58				6:49PM 0.71				6:37AM 0.51				7:22PM 0.41				7:18AM 0.45				7:53PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	20	22	21	20	19	19	18	17	17	18	19	18	17	17	17	15	16	17	19	18	16
Chill °C (?)	17	20	22	21	20	19	19	18	17	16	18	19	18	17	17	17	15	16	17	18	17	15
Sunrise	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.6 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	9	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.7 E	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	11	11	10	7	8	6	10	7	9	7	12	13	10	10	10	11	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.3 E	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	7	-	-	9	9	6	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-

	Friday 14																					Sat
	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	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	569	563	783	428	660	369	371	362	293	238	240	317	231	224	224	224	202	289	290	339	217	269
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											12:09PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)				5:42AM 0.58													6:43PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	18	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	18	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	6	6	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	11	11	10	10	7	7	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	-	1.4 E	1.4 E	-	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 S	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	7	-	-