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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	Thu		Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	5	0	4	5	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	3663	3405	1694	1386	2127	3795	2472	2549	1215	1596	1292	1198	939	1027	1029	1297	1065	695	775	496	381	380
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:56PM 1.38	11:44AM 1.35		12:08AM 1.35	12:34PM 1.51		12:58AM 1.43	1:15PM 1.70		1:41AM 1.58	1:55PM 1.86		2:21AM 1.70		2:36PM 2.27	3:01AM 1.73		3:14PM 1.96	3:40AM 1.80		3:56PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)	5:09PM 0.93		5:08AM 0.61	6:04PM 0.57		6:10AM 0.46	7:01PM 0.55		6:57AM 0.32	7:36PM 0.18		7:39AM 0.19		8:15PM 0.03	8:20AM 0.08		8:54PM -0.06	9:00AM 0.02		9:33PM -0.10	9:41AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	21	22	20	18	16	17	16	18	18	15	21	20	18	18	19	18	20	20	17	19	21
Low °C	23	19	20	19	17	16	17	13	16	18	14	18	19	17	17	18	15	19	19	16	17	20
Chill °C (?)	23	21	22	20	18	15	16	15	18	18	14	21	20	18	18	19	18	20	20	16	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-
Sunset	6:53	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	10	11	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	2.2 ESE	1.4 E	1.0 E	0.5 SW	-	0.2 S	1.0 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	8	9	9	13	-	12	14	10	12	12	9	10	9	8	9	9	16	9	13	12	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	7	8	6	7	10	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5

	Thursday 30					Friday 31								Saturday 01								Sun
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	0	0	5	5	5	5	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	0	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 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	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	3972	3086	3439	3505	3127	3405	1795	2053	1842	1401	1386	1410	1840	4081	1979	5592	3795	3381	3506	2951	3088	1971
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	on	on	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	on	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	10:19AM 1.44				10:55PM 1.21					11:44AM 1.32				12:09AM 1.28				12:34PM 1.51				1:01AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			4:46PM 0.74					5:08AM 0.60				6:04PM 0.56				6:18AM 0.67				6:54PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	23	20	22	21	21	22	20	20	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	20	21	23	20	22	21	21	22	20	20	19	18	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 ESE	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	0.7 E	3.0 SW	0.6 E	3.0 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	8	14	13	13	13	12	12	8	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.3 SSW	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.6 SW	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.2 S	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	14	8	8	9	9	9	9	12	9	10	10	10	-	-	12	10	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	1.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.5 E	2.5 E	-	0.9 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	-	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	5	7	8	8	8	-	4	6	6	7	-	10	9	10	12	12	12	12	-	-	-

	Thursday 30															Friday 31
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	0	0	5	5	5	5	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	0	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	4138	4027	4580	4340	3729	3737	2885	3846	3663	3777	3711	3775	3433	3254	2929	3744	3344	3405	3358	3272	2170	1684
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			10:24AM 1.19												10:55PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)									4:46PM 0.72													5:20AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	23	23	20	23	21	23	23	21	19	19	20	20	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	18	19	23	23	20	23	21	23	23	21	18	19	20	20	21	20	21	21	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 ESE	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.5 ESE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-