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

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Groenvlei Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	2	4	0	0	0	0	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	4.0 SE	4.5 SSE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.4 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	11	11	8	8	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	12
Energy	578	362	1302	1858	2871	3404	4447	4524	3998	3725	2800	2036	1384	1052	1042	1059	1103	1854	1451	1299	1030	836
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:54PM 1.55	5:00AM 1.54		5:28PM 1.69		5:33AM 1.48	6:06PM 1.42		6:08AM 1.42	6:46PM 1.42		6:49AM 1.53	7:34PM 1.59		7:40AM 1.28		8:29PM 1.38	8:46AM 1.22		9:36PM 1.36	10:10AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	10:42AM 0.25		10:54PM 0.37	11:03AM 0.38		11:16PM 0.59	11:48AM 0.32		12:07AM 0.48	12:25PM 0.36		12:51AM 0.53	12:58PM 0.57		1:44AM 0.57	1:57PM 0.47		2:50AM 0.58		2:58PM 0.51	4:05AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	22	18	14	7	4	11	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3
High °C	18	19	16	15	14	14	15	15	14	15	16	13	15	17	14	18	17	14	15	15	15	14
Low °C	16	17	16	15	14	14	15	15	13	12	15	11	12	16	13	13	16	13	14	15	13	13
Chill °C	18	19	16	13	12	12	13	14	13	14	15	13	15	17	14	18	17	14	14	14	14	12
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	5:27	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.0 WSW	2.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.4 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	8	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	-	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	8	11	14	9	-	-	-	12	11	11	11	14	10	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	4.0 SE	4.5 SSE	-	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	8	8	9	10	11	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02							Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 S	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSE	1.8 SW	3.5 SSE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.5 SSE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE
Period(s)	12	12	11	11	11	8	8	8	10	13	8	13	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	502	814	578	598	362	1057	1063	1302	1208	1468	1858	1891	2871	4101	3398	3404	3442	3764	4447	4299	4524	4097
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
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
High Tide / height (m)	4:22AM 1.80				4:54PM 1.55				5:00AM 1.54					5:28PM 1.52				5:27AM 1.69				6:05PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			10:42AM 0.25				10:54PM 0.37					11:14AM 0.29				11:16PM 0.59				11:48AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	5	17	4	9	6	3	3	4	3	2	2	2	4
Temp. °C	16	16	18	19	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14
Chill °C	16	16	18	19	17	16	16	16	15	13	13	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 S	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	9	8	8	10	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	11	10	10	14	14	13	9	8	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	2.2 SSW	1.4 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SE	3.5 SSE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.5 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	4	4	5	8	7	8	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02																					Wed
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	8	8	8	8	8
Energy	554	522	502	795	855	814	670	661	578	568	522	598	588	468	362	469	559	1057	1058	1063	1063	1164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:22AM 1.80												4:54PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)									10:42AM 0.25												10:54PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	0.5 SSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	4	4	4	11	4	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	7	7