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

	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Kanon Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point 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
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	0	5	5	4	0	4	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	12	12	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	8	16	16	14	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1541	1795	2382	906	1951	1936	4832	4487	3100	1874	1347	1101	653	1842	1532	1429	1399	1676	1609	1192	1003	1222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	on	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:08PM 1.17		1:51AM 1.42	1:56PM 1.31		2:27AM 1.37		2:30PM 1.49	2:55AM 1.53		3:00PM 1.59	3:23AM 1.65		3:29PM 1.69	3:48AM 2.02		3:58PM 1.77	4:19AM 1.83		4:28PM 1.76	4:44AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)		7:46PM 0.61		7:54AM 0.65		8:19PM 0.48	8:29AM 0.50		8:47PM 0.33	8:59AM 0.36		9:13PM 0.19	9:27AM 0.24		9:34PM 0.29	9:51AM 0.32		10:06PM -0.00	10:26AM 0.05		10:31PM -0.02	10:56AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	2	2	1	6	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	19	21	22	20	18	19	18	20	23	19	24	28	22	27	27	24	26	26	21	24
Low °C	19	19	19	20	19	17	18	18	16	18	21	17	20	26	20	24	26	22	24	24	19	21
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	21	22	20	18	19	18	20	23	18	24	28	22	27	27	24	26	26	21	24
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	7:23	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	10	10	13	12	12	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	9	9	8	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.3 E	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.3 E	1.0 E	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	15	14	9	14	16	15	13	13	13	12	12	11	22	20	18	16	16	14	8	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 E	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	8	6	7	7	8	8	-	-	-	4	4	4	7

	Wed	Thursday 12								Friday 13								Saturday 14
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Kanon Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	2	2	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	0	0	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	1.5 S	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	6	7	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	242	420	768	1414	1533	1649	1795	2736	2689	2464	2185	2010	1576	1690	1745	2673	2734	3061	9663	5037	3049	4590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	on	on	cross- 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 Tide / height (m)		12:59AM 1.01				1:08PM 1.19				1:55AM 1.18				1:56PM 1.31					2:27AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)				6:54AM 0.79				7:46PM 0.64				7:54AM 0.65					8:20PM 0.47				8:28AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	3	4	4	-	1
Temp. °C	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	22	21	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	22	21	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	16	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	12	16	15	14	14	10	10	9	14	14	14	14	16	13	14	13	13	13	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 S	2.0 S	-	-	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	7	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	14	-	-	-

	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Kanon Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	2	2	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	0	0	0	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.9 S	0.7 SW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	7	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10
Energy(?)	221	312	178	242	416	416	408	585	714	669	1598	1414	1451	1526	933	1321	1656	1621	1730	1717	2128	1768
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					1:00AM 1.05													1:08PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)											6:54AM 0.79
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19
Chill °C (?)	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	5	6	10	10	10	16	16	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	10	10	16	16	16	12	12	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	0.3 E	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	5	6	-	-	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	-	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	8	8	8