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

	Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wed
	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 Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	9	9	7	5	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	14	13	13	12	14	13	12	12	9	11	8	10	12	16	16	14	14	13	12	11	14
Energy(?)	711	644	491	744	858	1033	1389	818	823	376	422	428	1289	2606	12005	9227	6369	3523	2319	1370	816	1323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:32PM 1.71	3:46AM 2.12		4:00PM 1.72	4:11AM 1.86		4:27PM 1.70	4:40AM 2.05		4:53PM 1.65		5:05AM 1.96	5:18PM 1.60		5:27AM 1.60	5:44PM 1.46		5:53AM 1.47	6:12PM 1.34		6:21AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)	9:32AM 0.07		9:30PM 0.24	9:53AM 0.22		10:00PM 0.09	10:23AM 0.06		10:19PM 0.25	10:47AM 0.11		10:51PM 0.19	11:06AM 0.34		11:16PM 0.29	11:37AM 0.29		11:43PM 0.39	12:04PM 0.41		12:06AM 0.68	12:37PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	21	25	25	25	28	25	21	20	20	19	17	19	17	18	20	17	19	20	17	22
Low °C	20	21	19	21	24	23	24	23	19	19	20	17	17	18	17	17	19	15	16	19	16	18
Chill °C (?)	22	23	21	25	25	25	28	25	21	20	20	19	17	19	17	18	20	17	19	20	17	22
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45
Sunset	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 SW	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	13	12	9	9	9	12	9	11	8	10	12	16	16	14	14	13	12	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 E	0.8 SW	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	1.5 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	13	8	9	12	13	12	10	7	9	9	8	10	11	12	12	12	12	-	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 E	1.9 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 01								Thursday 02								Friday 03
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Gerickes Point 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 E	1.9 ESE	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1026	760	572	615	711	684	641	627	543	556	722	739	622	822	861	1041	1145	2090	1482	1457	1104	1253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:18AM 2.09				3:32PM 1.71				3:44AM 1.88				4:00PM 1.76				4:11AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	9:07PM 0.11				9:32AM 0.07				9:30PM 0.24				9:53AM 0.22				10:00PM 0.09				10:17AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	24	20	21	20	22	23	21	19	20	20	20	21	24	24	23	23	24	24	24	24	29	23
Chill °C (?)	24	20	21	20	22	23	21	19	20	20	20	21	24	24	23	23	24	24	24	24	29	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 SW
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	1.4 E	1.6 ESE	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	14	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	12	12	13	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 E	-	-	0.3 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 ESE	1.3 E	-	0.1 SE	2.1 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	8	9	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Gerickes Point 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.0 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	15	15	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	360	421	266	290	1020	760	768	749	572	728	738	764	613	614	694	691	677	690	678	644	568	641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)								3:16AM 1.85												3:32PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		9:07PM 0.11												9:32AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	22	22	21	20	20	19	21	19	18	20	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	20
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	22	21	20	20	19	21	19	18	20	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.4 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 E
Period (s)	9	6	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	10	5	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	2.0 E	-	-	0.3 W	-	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	7	-	-	2	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	3