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

	Tue	Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19
	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	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River 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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	5	6	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 ESE
Period(s)	12	13	13	12	12	11	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	15	16	14	13	13	13	7
Energy	6167	7475	3365	4088	1829	1842	1706	4019	4030	2174	2091	1709	709	517	383	602	1016	1240	1079	857	723	1050
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:43AM 1.63	1:12PM 1.50		1:28AM 1.72	1:58PM 1.77		2:12AM 2.07		2:39PM 1.66	2:54AM 2.14		3:21PM 1.72	3:36AM 2.16		4:05PM 1.96	4:19AM 1.87		4:48PM 1.71		5:04AM 1.80	5:34PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		7:06AM 0.33	7:12PM 0.45		7:52AM 0.30	7:54PM 0.21		8:32AM 0.05		8:36PM 0.25	9:13AM -0.01		9:18PM 0.22	9:51AM 0.11		10:06PM 0.09	10:38AM 0.02		10:52PM 0.14	11:22AM 0.11		11:42PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	15	14	15	16	16	18	18	16	18	19	17	19	19	17	18	18	16	18	19	16
Low °C	15	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	17	15	14	17	16	17	18	16	17	18	14	14	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	14	13	13	15	16	16	18	18	16	18	19	17	19	19	17	18	18	16	18	19	16
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSE	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSE	1.1 SW	1.6 SE
Period (s)	-	11	13	12	12	11	11	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	14	13	8	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	1.5 S	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 S	1.1 SW	0.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.3 SW	0.2 SSE	1.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	20	18	15	17	15	11	13	12	11	13	13	10	16	11	7	13	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	-	1.6 SE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	7	7

	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13								Thursday 14								Friday 15
	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	The Wedge Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	4	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 S
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	15	14	14
Energy	7225	7369	5427	6167	6962	7613	7475	7774	3365	6248	4737	4088	3289	3288	1829	1597	1842	1238	1427	1706	3484	3092
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- 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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:43AM 1.63				1:12PM 1.50				1:28AM 1.72				1:58PM 1.77					2:10AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		6:20PM 0.42				7:06AM 0.33				7:09PM 0.32				7:51AM 0.16				7:55PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	15	15	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	15	17	15	15	16	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	14	14	13	13	12	14	14	12	13	12	12	12	12	15	17	15	15	16	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16
Sunset	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	11	11	10	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 S	1.1 S	1.5 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	19	18	14	14	15	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 12									Wednesday 13
	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	Victoria Bay Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Vleesbaai Overberg	The Wedge Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	4	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Energy	12965	7325	7225	5013	2319	7369	5255	5255	5427	5518	5977	6167	6356	6565	6962	7076	7190	7613	7650	7341	7475	7623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											12:43AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)					6:18PM 0.49													7:06AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	16	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13