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

	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	10	9	10	11	10	12	12	12	11	11
Energy	1304	1162	1296	598	741	817	1225	1118	902	973	1337	1037	1215	643	533	732	3308	5778	1312	1272	773	591
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	8:52AM 1.40		9:35PM 1.39	10:10AM 1.39		10:45PM 1.44	11:26AM 1.25		11:52PM 1.53	12:33PM 1.35		12:54AM 1.87	1:31PM 1.46		1:46AM 1.72		2:21PM 1.77	2:38AM 1.75		3:11PM 1.65	3:26AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)		3:00PM 0.68	4:04AM 0.55		4:08PM 0.52		5:18AM 0.48	5:20PM 0.49		6:23AM 0.37	6:27PM 0.41		7:20AM 0.25	7:27PM 0.32		8:13AM 0.29		8:22PM 0.23	8:58AM 0.21		9:08PM 0.31	9:43AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	5	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	17	17	15	19	20	17	17	17	16	16	15	14	12	12	13	14	14	13	15
Low °C	17	17	14	15	16	14	14	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	11	11	12	13	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	17	17	15	19	20	17	16	17	16	15	14	14	10	10	11	14	13	13	15
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.3 E	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.2 E	3.0 SW	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	9	9	10	11	9	12	9	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.3 E	0.8 WSW	0.4 ESE	-	2.3 SSE	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	-	10	11	4	-	9	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	1.0 W	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	0.7 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	10	-	-	4	10	12	-	-	4	5

	Monday 08							Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wedge 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1183	1245	1304	1215	1162	1059	1001	1296	1061	1093	598	875	741	710	832	817	996	1074	1225	1244	1118	1021
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:52AM 1.40				9:39PM 1.60				10:10AM 1.39				10:45PM 1.44					11:26AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	2:56AM 0.76				3:00PM 0.68				4:04AM 0.55				4:08PM 0.52					5:18AM 0.48				5:20PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	14	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	19	20	18	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	14	14	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	19	20	18	16
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 08																					Tue
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1135	1196	1183	1170	1259	1245	1245	1245	1304	1299	1299	1215	1635	1635	1162	1162	1162	1059	1059	1055	1001	1325
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							8:52AM 1.40													9:39PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	2:56AM 0.76												2:58PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	18	17	16	17	17	18	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	18	17	16	17	17	18	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5