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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	Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Fri
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.2 SSW	3.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	7	8	8	7	8	13	8	8	13	12	12	18	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	347	791	711	492	672	919	823	1437	1424	1075	731	954	746	818	1139	1008	1365	569	561	645	553	518
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:36PM 1.91		5:04AM 1.98	5:20PM 2.03		5:48AM 1.62	6:05PM 1.56		6:40AM 1.51	7:00PM 1.37		7:51AM 1.59		8:16PM 1.21	9:25AM 1.27		10:06PM 1.11	11:00AM 1.58		11:39PM 1.41	12:09PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)	10:23AM 0.06		10:47PM 0.23	10:57AM 0.38		11:35PM 0.18	11:55AM 0.33		12:22AM 0.33	12:52PM 0.51		1:19AM 0.49		2:12PM 0.64	2:39AM 0.61		4:06PM 0.68	4:20AM 0.62		5:56PM 0.83		5:42AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	23	18	23	23	19	22	22	19	23	25	21	22	22	20	19	19	18	20	21	17	21
Low °C	18	22	17	20	21	19	20	20	19	22	24	18	21	22	18	19	18	17	19	20	16	20
Chill °C (?)	21	23	17	23	23	18	22	22	19	23	25	21	22	22	20	19	19	18	20	21	16	21
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:16
Sunset	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	15	14	13	13	15	8	8	8	8	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.0 SW
Period (s)	20	19	18	16	10	-	-	18	12	13	12	12	11	8	10	10	12	6	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	6	7	8	8	7	8	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	4	5	5

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	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	2	2	0	0	0	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	0	3	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.2 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	6	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	14	13	14	13	7	8	8
Energy(?)	214	240	347	545	762	1051	914	711	511	1033	505	548	609	887	1017	927	897	913	823	1182	1437	1840
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	on	on	on	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:21AM 1.78				4:37PM 2.19					5:02AM 1.77				5:19PM 1.75				5:48AM 1.58				6:05PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			10:16AM 0.26				10:53PM 0.04					11:07AM 0.18				11:35PM 0.17				11:42AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	18	21	21	20	18	17	17	17	19	22	21	19	19	18	18	18	21	22	22	20	19
Chill °C (?)	14	18	21	21	20	17	17	17	17	19	22	21	18	19	18	18	18	21	22	22	20	19
Sunrise	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	10	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	20	20	7	19	18	18	18	18	10	16	10	10	9	-	-	8	8	-	-	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.2 E	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8

	Friday 07																					Sat
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	2	2	0	0	0	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	0	3	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	6	6	11	11	11	11	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	287	247	308	303	302	240	246	220	245	434	533	610	609	726	791	937	1011	1104	919	931	892	870
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	off
High Tide / height (m)			4:22AM 2.06												4:36PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)									10:23AM 0.06												10:47PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	16	17	18	20	21	23	19	23	23	21	23	22	20	18	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	15	16	18	20	21	23	18	23	23	21	23	22	20	17	16	16	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	10	20	20	19	7	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8