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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu		Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thu
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Dias Beach Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	0	4	4	0	0	4	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	0.3 E	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	12	8	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1072	4373	4962	5147	3769	2612	1621	1794	1383	1222	1035	861	828	602	1597	2205	12	1534	2058	1932	848	1460
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	5:50PM 1.61		6:15AM 1.76	6:24PM 1.53		6:51AM 1.69	7:03PM 1.45		7:33AM 1.59			8:28AM 1.43		9:03PM 1.18	9:51AM 1.35		10:59PM 1.12	11:45AM 1.36		12:50AM 1.22	1:10PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		11:57PM 0.10	12:26PM 0.24		12:26AM 0.40	1:06PM 0.31		1:08AM 0.29	1:54PM 0.42		1:55AM 0.43		2:59PM 0.53	3:04AM 0.57		4:40PM 0.59	4:58AM 0.64		6:33PM 0.54		6:53AM 0.75	7:47PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	21	21	19	22	23	19	22	23	20	22	22	21	23	23	21	22	23	21	24	25
Low °C	21	18	19	20	16	19	22	18	20	22	18	20	22	20	22	22	19	20	22	20	21	24
Chill °C (?)	22	20	21	21	19	22	23	19	22	23	20	22	22	21	23	23	21	22	23	21	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-
Sunset	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	-	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	7	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	8	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.1 E
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6

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	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	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	2	0	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	0	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	937	1000	1072	1738	2397	4373	4743	4847	4962	3449	5147	5033	4256	3769	3568	3047	2867	2373	1968	1979	1547	1550
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
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)				5:50PM 1.61				6:15AM 1.76				6:24PM 1.53				6:51AM 1.69				7:03PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		11:50AM 0.19				11:57PM 0.10				12:21PM 0.45				12:30AM 0.18				1:05PM 0.32				1:05AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	22	21	20	20	19	18	19	21	21	20	18	18	17	16	19	22	22	21	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	23	22	21	20	20	19	18	19	21	21	20	18	18	17	16	19	22	22	21	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	15	8	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 22															Friday 23
	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	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	2	0	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	0	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 S	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15
Energy(?)	935	948	963	953	936	983	984	973	1072	1180	1833	1738	2224	2295	2515	3194	3943	4373	4260	4495	4025	4218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	on	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)										5:51PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)				11:51AM 0.19												11:57PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	23	23	24	22	22	21	21	22	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	19	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	22	22	23	23	24	22	22	21	21	22	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	19	18	18	17
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 S	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	16	7	7	7	7	7	12	15	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-