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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Garden Route Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed		Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route
Rating	6	5	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	3	4	0	0	0	5	4	4	4	4	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	0.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	13	9	12	18	11	14	13	13	12	11	20	17
Energy(?)	4326	5567	3357	1848	1219	1472	1224	1240	2249	1564	1335	581	1266	178	4652	5202	2805	2274	1712	838	2334	5463
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:30PM 1.65	2:43AM 1.89		3:05PM 1.75	3:18AM 1.98		3:40PM 1.80	3:54AM 2.00					4:57PM 1.98		5:13AM 2.09	5:39PM 1.87		5:53AM 1.67	6:22PM 1.50		6:46AM 1.71	7:20PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		8:30PM 0.12	9:00AM 0.00		9:04PM 0.04	9:35AM -0.07		9:40PM -0.00				10:44AM 0.12		10:51PM 0.23	11:21AM 0.23		11:31PM 0.37	12:10PM 0.24		12:28AM 0.38	12:52PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	20	17	18	18	17	16	18	15	20	22	19	16	17	15	17	18	15	19	19
Low °C	18	15	16	19	17	17	17	13	15	17	14	16	21	13	13	16	13	14	17	14	15	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	20	17	18	18	17	14	18	15	20	22	18	14	16	14	17	18	14	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-
Sunset	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.2 E	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 S
Period (s)	13	16	15	14	13	13	12	16	15	10	13	9	12	18	16	9	13	13	12	11	12	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	1.3 SW	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 S	-	0.2 E	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 SW
Period (s)	18	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	8	8	9	-	9	-	-	11	18	18	20	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	10	11	14	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Wednesday 15					Thursday 16								Friday 17								Sat
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.4 SW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	13	13	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	17
Energy(?)	1821	3020	4326	5090	5333	5865	5021	4431	3357	2693	2378	1596	1529	1219	1204	1101	1070	1267	1224	1223	2476	272
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:30PM 1.65				2:43AM 1.89								3:19AM 2.21				3:40PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	8:26AM 0.13				8:30PM 0.12								9:03PM 0.18				9:33AM 0.08				9:38PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4
Temp. °C	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	16	19	20	19	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	16	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	16	19	20	19	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	16	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	13	13	13	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	18	17	18	18	17	-	-	9	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	18	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11

	Wednesday 15															Thursday 16
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1957	3504	1821	2235	2614	3020	3362	3841	4290	4514	4695	3693	3807	3615	3433	3433	3898	5865	5793	5478	3418	4959
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)							2:30PM 1.65												2:43AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	8:26AM 0.13												8:30PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	7	-	-	-	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-