Garden Route Surf

Garden Route Surf Forecast

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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	1	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 S	1.7 SW	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	2.1 SE	1.7 SE
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	10	8	13	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11
Energy	1330	1052	735	1067	611	600	581	778	1037	273	855	1700	1389	1998	1615	1569	1221	1242	1318	1653	1555	1063
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:16PM 1.48	3:23AM 1.61		3:48PM 1.73	3:55AM 1.61		4:21PM 1.54	4:28AM 1.58		4:54PM 1.52	5:00AM 1.54		5:28PM 1.69		5:27AM 1.69	6:05PM 1.66		6:08AM 1.45	6:46PM 1.42		6:49AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)	9:08AM 0.24		9:14PM 0.34	9:39AM 0.22		9:47PM 0.33	10:10AM 0.23		10:20PM 0.34	10:31AM 0.35		10:54PM 0.37	11:14AM 0.29		11:16PM 0.59	11:38AM 0.44		12:06AM 0.49	12:25PM 0.37		12:51AM 0.53	1:07PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	6	-	10	7	3	5	8	2	3	-	-
High °C	19	19	16	23	24	20	21	22	18	16	17	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	15
Low °C	16	17	16	17	21	18	17	18	16	16	17	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	19	19	16	23	24	20	21	22	18	15	16	16	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	13	15
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	5:24	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 S	1.7 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	2.1 SE	1.7 SE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	10	8	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.3 SW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	6	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	10	11	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	2.2 S	1.8 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	8	8	8	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 30							Sunday 31								Monday 01
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13
Energy	1287	1144	1330	1111	1052	613	514	735	815	1002	1067	1001	611	500	654	600	545	530	581	663	778	665
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	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)	2:51AM 1.85				3:16PM 1.48				3:23AM 1.61				3:48PM 1.73				3:55AM 1.61				4:21PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			9:08AM 0.24				9:03PM 0.48				9:39AM 0.22				9:47PM 0.33				10:10AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	19	19	17	15	16	16	16	16	23	24	21	22	20	19	18	17	21	22	18	17
Chill °C (?)	17	16	19	19	17	15	16	16	16	16	23	24	21	22	20	19	18	17	21	22	18	17
Sunrise	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 30																					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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1376	1376	1287	1166	1162	1144	1036	1019	1330	1309	1134	1111	1003	1158	1052	627	630	613	613	511	514	514
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:51AM 1.85													3:16PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)								9:01AM 0.38												9:03PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-