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 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			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	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point 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	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	11	9	8	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	324	367	1237	2017	1408	942	818	570	488	335	212	204	225	495	595	584	626	828	1084	1169	1180	630
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		12:49AM 1.28	1:13PM 1.33		1:39AM 1.49	1:56PM 1.69		2:14AM 1.89		2:32PM 1.55	2:47AM 1.77		3:04PM 1.90	3:16AM 1.85		3:32PM 1.71	3:44AM 1.88		4:00PM 1.76	4:11AM 1.86		4:27PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	6:33PM 0.77		7:12AM 0.53	7:28PM 0.61		8:00AM 0.52		8:06PM 0.47	8:34AM 0.22		8:38PM 0.18	9:03AM 0.29		9:07PM 0.11	9:32AM 0.07		9:34PM 0.08	9:58AM 0.04		10:00PM 0.09	10:23AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	2
High °C	24	19	20	20	17	20	20	17	21	20	17	22	23	19	22	23	19	23	23	20	20	21
Low °C	21	18	19	19	16	17	19	16	17	19	17	19	22	18	19	22	19	21	21	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	24	19	20	20	17	20	20	17	21	20	17	22	23	19	22	23	19	23	23	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	6:32	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.8 SW	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	13	13	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.0 SW	0.4 E	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	11	8	8	14	8	14	13	13	9	12	11	11	9	9	10	14	8	8	8	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Friday 27					Saturday 28								Sunday 29								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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	11	11	9	8	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	13	10
Energy(?)	342	514	436	288	381	271	289	394	1090	976	2017	1458	1101	1408	1257	1201	1019	945	725	742	599	598
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:01PM 1.16				12:42AM 1.53				1:13PM 1.30				1:39AM 1.49				1:57PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)				6:33PM 0.77				7:14AM 0.69				7:28PM 0.61				7:59AM 0.36					8:06PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	21	20	19	18	20	19	19	21	20	19	18	18	16	16	17	20	20	19	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	25	21	20	19	18	20	19	19	21	20	19	18	18	16	16	17	20	20	19	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 ESE	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 E	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	8	11	8	9	8	8	8	15	14	8	8	8	8	14	13	13	13	13	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 27															Saturday 28
	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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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
Rating	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	11	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	379	529	458	286	457	308	299	308	473	490	440	288	288	378	381	381	379	379	345	337	343	343
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				11:51AM 1.40	12:01PM 1.18												12:49AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)											6:29PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	24	22	25	20	24	23	21	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	21	24	22	25	20	24	23	21	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	8	8	8	11	11	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	2	-	2	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-