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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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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	Tue		Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 E	1.8 SE	3.0 ESE	0.5 SW	2.2 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	8	8	10	8	9	8	8	8	8	11	11
Energy(?)	1548	1897	1721	944	1310	1597	1228	1233	881	851	674	489	1000	72	683	2148	804	683	567	477	419	448
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:58PM 1.77	4:19AM 1.83		4:27PM 2.05	4:47AM 1.93		4:59PM 2.05		5:18AM 2.18	5:29PM 1.74		5:52AM 2.13	6:07PM 1.90		6:30AM 2.02	6:39PM 1.51		7:02AM 1.60	7:22PM 1.34		7:53AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		10:06PM -0.00	10:21AM 0.24		10:34PM -0.04	10:52AM 0.21		10:59PM 0.17	11:24AM 0.23		11:33PM 0.03	11:58AM 0.31		12:01AM 0.31	12:35PM 0.44		12:41AM 0.27	1:21PM 0.39		1:25AM 0.45		2:20PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	10	21	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	22	25	26	22	22	22	21	23	24	21	23	24	21	26	25	22	23	23	21	23	24
Low °C	25	22	22	24	20	22	22	20	20	23	20	21	24	20	23	23	21	21	22	20	21	22
Chill °C (?)	27	22	25	26	22	22	22	21	23	24	21	23	24	21	26	25	22	23	23	21	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 SW	1.5 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	2.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	13	13	13	9	9	9	12	7	11	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	8	8	13	12	12	9	11	16	16	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	1.2 E	1.8 SE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	3.0 ESE	-	0.4 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	4	10	8	8	8	8	9	-	2	4	5	6	6

	Tuesday 17					Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Fri
	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 Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1729	1566	1548	1844	2135	1897	1551	1367	1185	1341	1263	1016	1091	1155	1207	1533	1597	1797	2063	2071	2404	1233
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass
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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:57PM 2.01				4:16AM 2.11				4:27PM 1.80				4:46AM 2.17				4:58PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	9:57AM 0.12				10:06PM -0.00				10:21AM 0.24				10:29PM 0.17				10:57AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	26	25	22	22	22	22	21	25	24	24	22	22	21	20	22	22	22	22	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	25	26	25	22	22	22	22	21	25	24	24	22	22	21	20	22	22	22	22	21	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 S
Period (s)	9	9	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17															Wednesday 18
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1558	1661	1596	1656	1808	1675	1678	1548	1548	1945	2096	1844	1845	1961	2006	2319	2314	2342	2255	2018	1964	1547
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								3:57PM 2.01													4:18AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		9:57AM 0.12													10:01PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	28	26	26	24	27	26	25	25	23	23	22	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	26	28	26	26	24	27	26	25	25	23	23	22	21	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.8 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-