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 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15
	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	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	0	4	0	0	4	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	0	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	1.9 S	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	13	11	10	10	14	13	12	11	19	16	15	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	7
Energy(?)	2827	1914	1984	694	435	1362	1336	951	685	2265	3041	1951	1499	1046	867	528	443	312	461	763	1061	533
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	off	cross- off	on	off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		7:31AM 1.51	7:39PM 1.26		8:14AM 1.39		8:28PM 1.12	9:23AM 1.56		9:45PM 1.05	10:31AM 1.20		11:42PM 1.04	12:08PM 1.21		12:59AM 1.37	1:11PM 1.57		1:59AM 1.26		2:04PM 1.38	2:38AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)	1:05AM 0.34	1:47PM 0.51		1:39AM 0.67		2:35PM 0.61	2:26AM 0.59		3:50PM 0.92	3:33AM 0.71		5:21PM 0.70		5:23AM 0.75	6:47PM 0.85		6:43AM 0.90	7:50PM 0.55		7:56AM 0.59		8:30PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	3	2	-
High °C	22	21	21	20	23	24	21	25	25	22	24	26	23	25	25	22	22	23	22	19	18	18
Low °C	19	20	21	18	20	23	20	23	25	20	22	25	21	23	23	20	21	23	19	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	20	23	24	21	25	25	22	24	26	23	25	25	22	22	23	22	19	17	18
Sunrise	-	5:28	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	1.9 S	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 ESE	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 E	2.5 SSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	13	11	10	10	14	13	12	7	19	16	15	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	0.2 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.3 SW	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	11	10	11	7	11	8	11	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	12	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	1.9 SSW	-	1.8 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	10	-	7

	Thursday 08			Friday 09								Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	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 Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1226	1277	4216	1381	3040	2811	2950	1766	1525	1002	1276	1040	538	806	435	875	1190	1764	1670	1349	1072	1114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:00PM 1.39				7:31AM 1.51				7:39PM 1.26					8:25AM 1.67				8:28PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)				1:00AM 0.55				1:43PM 0.75				1:41AM 0.47					2:36PM 0.85				2:25AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	22	21	20	19	20	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	20	23	23	22	21	21	20	19	23
Chill °C (?)	23	22	21	20	19	20	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	20	23	23	22	21	21	20	19	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28
Sunset	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	11	11	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	1.6 S	2.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	9	11	11	11	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	0.2 E	0.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	8	4	6	6	7	7	7	7	7

	Thursday 08									Friday 09
	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 Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	11	11	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1307	1289	1226	711	1277	1277	1189	4233	4588	2254	2496	2808	2935	3044	2084	2084	2034	2723	2509	2644	2644	2482
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					7:00PM 1.39													7:31AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)												1:05AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	25	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	22
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	25	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 S	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 S	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	11	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.8 SW	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	15	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	13	13	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	1.3 SW	-	-	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	11	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-