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

	Fri	Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Kanon Overberg	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	2	2	4	0	4	4	4	3	3	2	0	3	0	0	3	3	3	4	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	13	15	14	13	12
Energy(?)	348	226	416	1190	2982	2132	1907	1425	686	575	507	680	327	606	714	581	591	879	1113	894	1534	1068
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:11AM 1.47		3:15PM 1.58	3:40AM 1.82		3:41PM 1.90	4:09AM 1.91		4:16PM 1.70	4:41AM 1.73		4:46PM 1.71		5:11AM 1.77	5:17PM 1.70		5:43AM 1.74	5:51PM 1.91		6:17AM 2.02	6:29PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)	9:02PM 0.32	9:11AM 0.38		9:22PM 0.42	9:33AM 0.54		9:52PM 0.34	10:14AM 0.24		10:29PM 0.08	10:37AM 0.42		10:57PM 0.05	11:17AM 0.18		11:27PM 0.06	11:51AM 0.19		11:51PM 0.32	12:21PM 0.45		12:26AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	20	21	19	20	21	19	21	21	20	22	23	20	22	23	20	22	24	21
Low °C	18	20	20	17	18	20	17	19	21	19	19	21	18	19	22	17	19	23	19	20	23	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	20	21	19	20	21	19	21	21	20	22	23	20	22	23	20	22	24	21
Sunrise	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	10	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	7	10	10	11	11	13	15	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.0 SSW	0.4 E	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SE	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	6	9	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	7	8	8	8	7	11	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	9	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	4	4	5	-	-

	Friday 16			Saturday 17								Sunday 18								Monday 19
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	553	526	326	348	317	284	281	371	416	536	900	1190	1695	2565	6554	3313	2885	1862	1688	1457	1274	1153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:42PM 1.49				3:09AM 1.72				3:15PM 1.58				3:42AM 1.57				3:47PM 1.61				4:09AM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)			9:02PM 0.32				9:00AM 0.63				9:22PM 0.42				9:43AM 0.30				9:52PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	20	19	19	18	18	20	20	20	20	19	18	17	19	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	22	20	19	19	18	18	20	20	20	20	18	17	16	18	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37
Sunset	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	3.5 SW	0.6 E	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	6	9	9	9	9	-	-	9	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	9	9	10	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 16									Saturday 17
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	747	743	553	469	1012	1032	1014	356	326	321	390	263	239	227	221	332	319	284	284	309	281	278
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:42PM 1.49													3:11AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)							8:51PM 0.51	9:02PM 0.32											9:00AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	20	21
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	8	7	6	6	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	-	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-