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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Garden Route Wavefinder

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	Sat		Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Sat
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 S	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	13	10	12	9	9	8	7	8	8	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1949	1408	928	608	578	496	459	283	190	479	958	670	550	558	620	958	1280	1377	985	595	621	467
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:39AM 1.46	1:57PM 1.47		2:14AM 1.89		2:32PM 1.58	2:47AM 1.77		3:03PM 1.66	3:16AM 1.88		3:33PM 1.94	3:46AM 2.12		4:00PM 1.72	4:10AM 1.89		4:26PM 1.74	4:36AM 1.80		4:53PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	7:26PM 0.42		7:59AM 0.36		8:06PM 0.47	8:34AM 0.23		8:38PM 0.18	9:04AM 0.13		9:07PM 0.12	9:32AM 0.07		9:30PM 0.24	9:58AM 0.04		10:00PM 0.09	10:17AM 0.23		10:26PM 0.12	10:47AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	4	7	-	-
High °C	20	17	19	21	17	20	20	17	22	23	20	23	24	20	24	24	24	22	22	20	19	21
Low °C	19	16	17	20	16	17	20	17	19	23	19	20	22	19	21	23	20	20	20	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	20	17	19	21	17	20	20	17	22	23	20	23	24	20	24	24	24	22	22	20	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	6:29	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.7 SW	2.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	12	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 E	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 S	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	15	8	14	13	13	9	12	11	9	9	10	9	14	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 ESE	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-

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	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	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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 Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	10	13	10	12	12	9	9	10	9	9
Energy(?)	1168	2165	1949	1382	1103	1408	1216	1165	1018	942	776	816	509	507	520	623	496	306	398	363	336	287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 1.30				1:39AM 1.49				1:57PM 1.47					2:16AM 1.65				2:32PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)				7:28PM 0.61				7:59AM 0.36					8:06PM 0.47				8:34AM 0.23				8:38PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	19	18	18	16	16	17	20	20	19	17	17	17	15	17	20	20	19	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	21	20	19	18	18	16	16	17	20	20	19	17	17	17	15	17	20	20	19	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	12	12	9	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	8	15	8	8	8	8	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	10	9	9	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 28															Sunday 29
	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	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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 Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	402	1103	1494	710	887	2138	2352	2704	1949	2105	2063	2173	1273	1193	1777	1598	1324	868	1152	1229	1216	1119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)						1:13PM 1.33												1:35AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)												7:27PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	21	22	22	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	18	18	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	22	22	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	18	18	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	15	15	8	8	15	15	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-