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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	Thu	Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	2	4	0	0	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.4 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	10	10	9	12	13	13	12	12	11	6	18	16	14	13	13	17	16	15	14
Energy(?)	969	251	340	237	372	591	2087	2164	2196	962	614	422	384	262	449	533	429	425	1266	1721	2366	1542
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	11:39PM 1.41	12:09PM 1.42		12:39AM 1.22	12:56PM 1.78		1:21AM 1.34	1:29PM 1.56		1:55AM 1.69		2:05PM 1.93	2:26AM 1.76		2:31PM 1.66	2:55AM 1.55		3:01PM 1.68	3:24AM 1.58		3:30PM 1.68	3:53AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		5:42AM 0.60	6:42PM 0.52		6:40AM 0.71	7:22PM 0.41		7:18AM 0.44	7:54PM 0.32		7:47AM 0.56		8:20PM 0.47	8:16AM 0.51		8:49PM 0.20	8:52AM 0.29		9:16PM 0.17	9:22AM 0.27		9:44PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	21	22	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	19	20	17	20	22	18	20	20	18	20	22	17
Low °C	15	20	19	18	18	18	16	17	18	16	17	19	16	18	21	18	18	19	15	18	20	16
Chill °C (?)	15	21	22	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	18	20	16	20	22	18	20	20	18	20	22	16
Sunrise	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	12	11	10	10	10	10	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	14	13	13	10	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSE	1.1 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	6	6	7	7	7	16	11	-	8	10	8	8	7	16	5	5	7	17	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	-	-	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	0.7 E	1.1 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	1.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	5	-	-	3	6	9	-	-	-	4	8	6	6	6	5	-	-	5	3	5	6	8

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	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	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	0	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	12	12	12	14
Energy(?)	1373	1544	1158	1196	598	576	251	231	215	287	229	232	210	353	372	479	591	832	1670	2069	2328	3165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	glass	glass	glass	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	glass	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
High Tide / height (m)				11:40PM 1.13				12:09PM 1.39				12:39AM 1.51				12:54PM 1.48				1:21AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		5:44PM 0.62				5:42AM 0.58				6:49PM 0.71				6:40AM 0.71				7:22PM 0.41				7:18AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	19	17	15	16	16	20	21	21	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	16	14	16	16	20	21	21	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16
Sunset	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	12	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.0 SSE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	6	6	6	11	11	6	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	10	16	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	9	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 13									Friday 14
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	0	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1265	1720	1662	1765	1142	1717	1402	1377	1285	694	673	607	557	587	802	428	425	379	383	380	502	497
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										11:39PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)				5:44PM 0.60												5:42AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	18	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	20	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	18	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	18	20	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.0 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-