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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Sat
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	0	4	4	3	4	3	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	4	2	3	3	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	2.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	11	16	15	14	14	13	12	14	12	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1003	1339	1129	1019	968	1045	656	1694	713	1090	950	1084	757	828	673	1002	1575	1062	1265	546	650	411
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	on	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:30PM 1.61	4:54AM 1.78		4:54PM 1.84		5:28AM 1.47	5:33PM 1.47		6:06AM 1.44	6:10PM 1.39		6:53AM 1.33	6:58PM 1.32		7:52AM 1.32		8:06PM 1.21	9:09AM 1.30		9:46PM 1.43	10:29AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	10:22AM 0.31		10:35PM 0.41	10:41AM 0.60		11:15PM 0.28	11:27AM 0.43		11:49PM 0.34	12:06PM 0.52		12:30AM 0.41	12:58PM 0.57		1:21AM 0.48		2:08PM 0.63	2:28AM 0.53		3:55PM 0.86	4:01AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	19	19	21	19	21	22	18	24	24	20	22	22	19	20	21	18	24	24	21	22
Low °C	19	21	18	18	20	17	20	21	17	20	22	18	20	20	18	19	19	18	21	23	19	21
Chill °C (?)	22	23	19	19	21	19	21	22	18	24	24	20	22	22	19	19	21	17	24	24	21	22
Sunrise	5:15	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 S	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	2.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.8 SSW	2.0 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	14	14	13	12	11	12	11	11	10	10	8	8	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	0.6 S	1.3 SSW	0.6 E	-	0.9 S	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	10	10	15	9	9	-	16	14	6	-	7	12	9	9	12	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	-	2.2 ESE	1.8 ESE	-	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	-	-	6	6	8	8	-	8	8	-	4

	Saturday 22							Sunday 23								Monday 24
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach 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 Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck 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	The Wreck Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	15
Energy(?)	2249	1520	656	987	937	1316	1230	1129	1002	984	1020	1097	1083	1073	1149	1085	1067	1133	1729	719	888	1841
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	on	on	cross- off
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)	4:23AM 1.56				4:24PM 1.91				4:55AM 1.52				5:00PM 1.51					5:28AM 1.47				5:33PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			10:10AM 0.54				10:43PM 0.23				10:53AM 0.36					11:15PM 0.28				11:16AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	20	22	22	20	19	19	19	18	18	19	21	20	19	18	17	17	19	21	21	20	18
Chill °C (?)	16	20	22	22	20	19	19	19	18	18	19	21	20	19	18	17	17	19	21	21	20	18
Sunrise	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 S	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 S	1.8 SW	1.1 SSE	1.1 S	2.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	9	15	9	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.5 S	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 SW	1.2 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	19	11	18	10	11	10	10	10	16	10	15	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 22																					Sun
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach 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 Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck 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	The Wreck Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1720	2371	692	1151	1092	1520	1520	1455	1455	1312	1390	1315	1599	1196	1339	1328	1320	1316	1290	708	700	1232
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			4:22AM 1.82												4:30PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)									10:22AM 0.31												10:35PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	17	18	20	21	23	23	22	23	23	21	22	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	17	18	20	21	23	23	22	23	23	21	22	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 S	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.6 S	-	-	1.4 SW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 SW
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	21	21	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4