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 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	0	3	3	2	3	2	4	5	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 E	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	12	12	8	18	16	14	14	9	9	10	12	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	485	459	511	535	426	845	895	713	838	1152	729	530	506	495	407	452	1092	3571	1947	997	858	791
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:07PM 1.99	2:44AM 1.58		2:59PM 1.79	3:30AM 1.69		3:45PM 1.79	4:14AM 1.77		4:27PM 1.78	4:55AM 1.80		5:07PM 2.01		5:36AM 2.06	5:47PM 1.92		6:14AM 1.72	6:26PM 1.80		6:53AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			8:35PM 0.17	8:43AM 0.45		9:21PM 0.08	9:37AM 0.15		10:03PM 0.03	10:23AM 0.12		10:43PM 0.02	11:05AM 0.14		11:13PM 0.27	11:39AM 0.43		11:49PM 0.34	12:26PM 0.29		12:30AM 0.23	1:06PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	21	23	24	21	23	23	21	21	22	19	21	22	21	24	24	23	23	23	20	20
Low °C	22	23	19	21	24	20	22	22	19	20	21	17	20	22	20	22	24	20	22	22	19	19
Chill °C (?)	23	23	21	23	24	21	23	23	21	21	22	19	21	22	21	24	24	23	23	23	20	20
Sunrise	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:26
Sunset	-	7:42	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 SW	1.2 E	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	9	9	12	9	8	9	9	14	10	13	12	10	12	11	10	11	11	13	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 E	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 S	0.9 SW	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 SW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	13	8	12	12	18	16	9	14	13	9	12	9	9	11	9	10	10	9	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 01							Friday 02								Saturday 03
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	1.0 ESE	1.0 SW	1.0 ESE	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	10	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	14
Energy(?)	371	359	487	410	459	555	539	511	504	510	535	551	559	504	572	606	664	648	919	407	786	1142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	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)					2:08PM 1.71				2:44AM 1.58				2:59PM 1.76				3:29AM 1.98				3:45PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		7:50AM 0.54					8:35PM 0.17				8:48AM 0.23				9:17PM 0.29				9:37AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	23	24	23	21	20	19	19	21	23	23	22	22	21	20	20	22	23	23	22	20
Chill °C (?)	20	22	23	24	23	21	20	19	19	21	23	23	22	22	21	20	20	22	23	23	22	20
Sunrise	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	8	8	9	9	9	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	9	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 E	0.7 SW	1.1 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	13	9	9	8	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	18	16	16	9	15	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 01																					Fri
	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	Buffalo Bay 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	1.1 ESE	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	13
Energy(?)	351	401	437	370	425	449	469	485	487	487	536	536	536	381	418	418	589	414	555	246	549	578
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	off	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)													2:09PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)						7:53AM 0.34													8:35PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	20	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	23	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	20	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	9	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-