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

	Sat		Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Sat
	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 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	11	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	11	10	12	10
Energy	1096	869	1196	1283	1122	1534	1366	1203	631	849	1538	1095	1181	550	1000	1196	1239	1163	799	514	550	502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	7:33PM 1.39		7:40AM 1.28		8:32PM 1.58	8:52AM 1.40		9:35PM 1.39	10:10AM 1.39		10:45PM 1.44	11:26AM 1.44		11:55PM 1.76	12:33PM 1.31		12:52AM 1.63	1:31PM 1.46		1:46AM 1.72		2:21PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		1:41AM 0.74	1:57PM 0.47		2:56AM 0.76		3:00PM 0.68	4:04AM 0.55		4:08PM 0.52		5:31AM 0.63	5:20PM 0.49		6:23AM 0.36	6:27PM 0.41		7:20AM 0.25	7:27PM 0.32		8:12AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	18	20	18	15	14	15	16	17	14	17	20	18	22	18	15	15	15	14	17	20
Low °C	15	15	14	18	16	14	14	13	13	15	13	14	18	18	17	16	14	15	15	13	13	20
Chill °C (?)	17	16	18	20	18	14	13	15	16	17	14	17	20	18	22	18	14	14	15	14	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-
Sunset	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	12	12	11	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	11	10	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.9 S	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.0 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.9 WSW	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	8	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	14	9	9	9	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	10

	Saturday 06					Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tue
	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 Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River 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	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1353	1084	1096	970	960	869	1082	1223	1196	1189	1283	1093	1100	1122	1183	1259	1534	1499	1366	1178	1049	1203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:33PM 1.39				7:40AM 1.28					8:32PM 1.58				8:52AM 1.40				9:39PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		12:58PM 0.57				1:41AM 0.74				1:57PM 0.47					2:56AM 0.76				3:00PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	17	15	14	14	15	13	14	18	20	18	18	18	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	17	15	14	14	15	13	14	18	20	18	18	18	17	16	14	13	13	13	14	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.1 SW	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 06															Sunday 07
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1387	1327	1353	1308	1155	1084	1013	1143	1096	1004	987	970	937	929	960	960	968	869	1015	1082	1082	1061
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												7:33PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)					12:58PM 0.57													1:41AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	15	17	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	15	17	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	15	14	13	13	12
Sunrise	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-