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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	Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Sat
	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	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	0	0	3	0	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.3 ESE	1.8 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	7	7	8	9	9
Energy(?)	5997	2275	2475	1623	1458	533	799	1016	1170	1205	1412	774	906	733	508	342	302	708	512	2019	909	728
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:34PM 1.51		12:58AM 1.43	1:15PM 1.70		1:41AM 1.58	1:55PM 1.82		2:22AM 1.98		2:36PM 2.27	3:01AM 2.07		3:16PM 2.31	3:40AM 1.84		3:55PM 1.97	4:21AM 1.78		4:36PM 1.87		5:04AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		6:54PM 0.36		6:57AM 0.32	7:40PM 0.36		7:39AM 0.18		8:17PM 0.22	8:20AM 0.25		8:54PM 0.13	9:00AM 0.02		9:33PM -0.09	9:41AM 0.01		10:12PM -0.06	10:23AM 0.06		10:47PM 0.23	10:57AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	16	17	18	15	22	21	16	18	19	16	20	20	18	19	20	17	24	22	22	28
Low °C	17	17	13	16	17	14	17	20	15	17	18	15	17	19	17	18	19	15	19	22	20	24
Chill °C (?)	16	17	15	17	18	14	22	21	16	18	19	16	20	20	17	18	20	16	24	22	22	28
Sunrise	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24
Sunset	-	6:59	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	2.3 ESE	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	11	11	11	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 SW	0.2 E	0.3 SW	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	11	15	10	10	10	10	12	8	9	9	16	9	13	7	6	21	20	13	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 E	2.3 ESE	1.8 ESE	3.5 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	7	7	8	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 01								Sunday 02								Monday 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach 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	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1716	3699	4073	2073	2059	2878	3148	2307	1965	1749	1627	1409	1742	656	1376	1451	1236	1157	1126	1138	460	752
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	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
High Tide / height (m)		12:09AM 1.28				12:34PM 1.51				1:01AM 1.69				1:17PM 1.99				1:41AM 1.58				1:57PM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)				6:10AM 0.46				7:01PM 0.55				7:02AM 0.51				7:36PM 0.18				7:39AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	14	14	16	18	18	17	14	14	13	13	17	21	20
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	13	13	16	18	18	17	13	13	12	13	17	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.4 E	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	9	10	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	15	15	10	10	10	11	12	10	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	-
Period (s)	9	9	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	-

	Friday 31			Saturday 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach 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	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2360	1826	1716	1694	3364	3699	3394	3275	3332	3455	3556	1602	2295	1217	2550	2689	2878	2878	2864	2914	1308	2268
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					12:11AM 1.52												12:34PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)											6:18AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	17	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	17	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.4 E	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	0.4 E	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.0 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	-	11	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-