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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	0	3	4	4	4	3	3	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 S	2.1 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	1.6 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	10	9	7	10
Energy(?)	4441	4537	2906	2010	1855	1809	1050	1147	1076	1073	1107	928	703	518	468	382	281	257	269	197	393	1795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:49AM 1.26	1:24PM 1.37		1:41AM 1.40		2:04PM 1.54	2:17AM 1.53		2:36PM 1.68	2:48AM 1.62		3:05PM 2.04	3:19AM 1.93		3:33PM 2.10	3:41AM 1.87		4:00PM 2.12	4:11AM 1.96		4:21PM 1.84	4:35AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		7:12AM 0.51	7:42PM 0.65		7:55AM 0.36		8:20PM 0.32	8:27AM 0.25		8:51PM 0.21	8:55AM 0.14		9:16PM 0.32	9:17AM 0.29		9:42PM 0.10	9:46AM 0.07		10:03PM 0.27	10:10AM 0.09		10:32PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	16	13	15	16	14	18	20	16	21	23	17	19	18	17	16	16	15	18	19	15
Low °C	12	12	15	11	13	15	12	13	18	15	17	20	15	17	18	16	15	15	14	15	17	15
Chill °C (?)	12	14	15	12	14	15	14	18	20	15	21	23	16	19	18	16	16	15	15	17	18	14
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 S	2.1 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	8	8	9	9	9	9	6	6	10	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.1 S	1.0 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 W	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	18	11	10	10	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	9	6	12	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	1.3 S	-	0.3 W	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	3	5	-	-	-	6	-	2	5	7	10

	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Kanon Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	0	0	5	5	5	5	5	0	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	11
Energy(?)	7063	5902	5585	4441	4467	4521	4537	3707	3793	3278	3120	2010	1835	1647	1418	1126	1809	1541	1213	1440	1345	1274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	off	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:49AM 1.26				1:23PM 1.45				1:39AM 1.64					2:04PM 1.54				2:17AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		6:44PM 0.63				7:12AM 0.51				7:41PM 0.47				7:55AM 0.57					8:20PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	13	12	12	15	15	15	13	11	12	11	12	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	11	10	11	14	14	14	13	10	11	10	11	16	15	14	14	13	11	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22
Sunset	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	2.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 SW	0.9 S	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	-	11	12	11	10	18	18	11	14	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 16	Wednesday 17
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Kanon Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	0	0	5	5	5	5	5	0	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	8659	7941	4645	6753	6380	5902	5569	4204	5113	5113	11161	3138	3368	3298	3298	2165	4521	3527	3585	4565	4537	4326
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)											12:49AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)					6:44PM 0.63													7:13AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	13	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	9	11	12	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-