Garden Route Surf

Garden Route Surf Forecast

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

	Thu		Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	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	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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SE	1.9 SE
Period(s)	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	13	12	11	10	13	12	12	7	7
Energy	6265	5280	3309	2493	1370	1331	1059	566	1080	843	654	654	648	1122	1076	1099	871	1030	1080	1294	721	593
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	2:09PM 1.42	2:16AM 1.58		2:43PM 1.51	2:51AM 1.85		3:16PM 1.48	3:22AM 1.85		3:48PM 1.54	3:55AM 1.61		4:21PM 1.54	4:27AM 1.64		4:54PM 1.48	5:00AM 1.54		5:28PM 1.52		5:27AM 1.69	6:05PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		8:06PM 0.41	8:37AM 0.29		8:31PM 0.49	9:08AM 0.24		9:03PM 0.48	9:39AM 0.22		9:47PM 0.33	10:10AM 0.23		10:20PM 0.36	10:42AM 0.25		10:54PM 0.37	11:14AM 0.28		11:28PM 0.43	11:38AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	12	6	3	2	5	2
High °C	18	16	17	19	17	20	20	17	21	21	20	22	21	18	16	16	14	13	14	14	14	15
Low °C	17	15	15	17	17	16	17	16	17	19	19	18	18	17	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	18	16	17	19	17	20	20	17	21	21	20	22	21	18	15	15	14	12	13	13	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:28	-
Sunset	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	13	12	11	10	13	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 S	1.0 SE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 WSW	1.6 SE	0.2 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	10	7	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	2.3 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	7	-	8	7	7

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	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 Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	6	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy	5334	6051	6265	6128	6185	5280	4707	4436	3309	2696	2493	2459	2052	1370	1167	1137	1331	418	1059	622	509	566
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:09PM 1.42				2:16AM 1.58				2:43PM 1.51				2:51AM 1.85				3:16PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	8:05AM 0.33				8:06PM 0.41				8:37AM 0.29				8:41PM 0.37				9:08AM 0.24				9:03PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	20	19	17	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	20	19	17	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	-	1.2 S	1.3 SSE	1.0 SE	-	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	7	7	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 28	Friday 29
	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 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	Buffalo Bay 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route
Rating	6	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	4703	5145	5334	5727	5655	6051	6051	6051	6265	6051	6128	6128	6051	6265	6185	5774	5624	5280	5210	5178	4707	5036
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							2:09PM 1.42												2:16AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	8:05AM 0.33												8:06PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	18	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-