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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	Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Kanon Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	5	7	4	7	6	0	4	4	3	0	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	9	12	11	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	10
Energy(?)	898	841	635	485	538	555	544	552	573	711	1867	6456	4646	7236	2636	2947	2250	1411	706	782	517	562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:43PM 2.08	4:14AM 1.77		4:27PM 1.82	4:56AM 1.76		5:07PM 1.77		5:35AM 1.78	5:47PM 1.92		6:16AM 2.00	6:22PM 1.55		6:52AM 1.63	7:00PM 1.39		7:31AM 1.54	7:46PM 1.53		8:14AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)	9:32AM 0.38		10:03PM 0.03	10:22AM 0.12		10:43PM 0.02	11:05AM 0.13		11:20PM 0.05	11:46AM 0.20		11:49PM 0.34	12:19PM 0.52		12:30AM 0.22	1:06PM 0.40		1:05AM 0.34	1:47PM 0.52		1:41AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	21	22	22	20	23	24	21	23	25	22	22	21	19	21	22	19	23	23	21	23
Low °C	22	22	20	21	22	18	20	23	19	22	23	21	21	20	18	19	22	18	20	22	19	20
Chill °C (?)	23	23	21	22	22	20	23	24	21	23	25	22	22	21	19	21	22	19	23	23	21	23
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:30
Sunset	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 ESE	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	16	8	13	10	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	12	10	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SW	0.5 S	0.6 WSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	9	15	10	13	11	11	10	10	13	15	11	10	10	9	9	10	10	9	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 S	1.0 SE	0.8 S	-	-	-	0.4 W	1.4 SW	-	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	7	5	6	-	-	-	3	9	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4

	Saturday 03							Sunday 04								Monday 05
	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 Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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 Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route
Rating	3	3	0	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 E	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	709	536	913	980	841	1029	1050	909	960	707	485	470	416	466	572	555	514	597	544	456	538	553
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:29AM 1.98				3:45PM 1.83				4:14AM 1.77				4:26PM 2.07				4:55AM 1.80					5:08PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			9:37AM 0.15				10:03PM 0.03				10:16AM 0.36				10:43PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	23	23	22	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	21	20	19	20	18	20	23	24	22	20
Chill °C (?)	20	22	23	23	22	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	21	20	19	20	18	20	23	24	22	20
Sunrise	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	9	9	16	16	8	14	14	14	13	13	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E
Period (s)	16	16	9	9	15	8	8	7	10	10	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	6	-	-	-	-	6	7	6	5	6	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 03																					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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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 Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route
Rating	3	3	0	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	592	677	877	817	877	960	960	898	913	972	717	699	694	841	942	914	1053	1053	906	756	898	1040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:29AM 1.98												3:45PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)								9:37AM 0.16												9:58PM 0.25	10:03PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	21	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	21	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	8	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 SW
Period (s)	17	17	17	11	16	16	16	9	9	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	8	14	9	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.1 S	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-