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

	Mon	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08
	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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 SW	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.5 SSE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.4 SE	1.8 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	12	11	8	8	13	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	14	13	13	13
Energy	1078	578	754	1326	1882	3896	3929	5093	5842	4756	3704	2988	1928	1350	1052	714	1045	1231	1387	1301	1047	2163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:28AM 1.55		4:54PM 1.72	5:00AM 1.57		5:28PM 1.69		5:33AM 1.48	6:05PM 1.45		6:08AM 1.42	6:46PM 1.42		6:49AM 1.53	7:34PM 1.59		7:40AM 1.28		8:29PM 1.38	8:46AM 1.22		9:35PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	10:20PM 0.33	10:42AM 0.25		10:53PM 0.38	11:14AM 0.29		11:16PM 0.59	11:48AM 0.32		12:07AM 0.48	12:25PM 0.36		12:43AM 0.70	12:58PM 0.57		1:41AM 0.74	1:57PM 0.47		2:50AM 0.58		2:58PM 0.51	4:04AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	4	22	17	6	6	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	18	18	19	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	14	14	16	14	17	17	14	18	18	16
Low °C	16	16	18	16	15	14	14	15	15	12	12	15	12	12	15	13	14	15	13	13	18	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	16	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	15	14	14	16	14	17	17	14	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.4 SE	1.8 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	12	11	8	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 SW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 S	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SW	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 SW	0.8 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	11	-	-	-	12	11	11	11	14	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 S	2.4 SSE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.5 SSE	-	-	-	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	1.0 E	0.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	8	8	8	10	10	11	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	3	-	-

	Monday 01			Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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 Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River 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	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	3.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE
Period(s)	11	11	13	12	12	12	11	11	8	8	9	8	13	13	13	9	10	10	10	10	11	11
Energy	802	706	725	1078	502	693	578	771	754	1335	1514	1326	1486	1415	1882	2278	3896	3627	3404	3929	4099	3981
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:21PM 1.54				4:22AM 1.80				4:54PM 1.72				5:00AM 1.57					5:28PM 1.69				5:27AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			10:07PM 0.50				10:42AM 0.25				10:54PM 0.37					11:03AM 0.38				11:16PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	2	2	6	16	8	3	3	3	3
Temp. °C	18	17	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	17	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	11	12	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28
Sunset	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	13	12	12	12	11	11	8	9	9	8	8	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	11

	Monday 01									Tuesday 02
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms 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	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy	669	669	802	802	501	706	538	675	725	705	675	1078	1048	522	502	795	783	693	670	599	578	399
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:21PM 1.54												4:22AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)									10:07PM 0.50												10:42AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	21	20	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4