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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	Sat		Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			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	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	5	0	4	0	0	3	0	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	3	2	0	2	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.0 SSW	2.1 ESE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	17	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	6	6	12	12	7	7	8	8	12	6	11	10	6
Energy(?)	287	1972	1474	2424	651	734	770	475	432	594	528	450	411	482	485	545	556	493	680	428	289	449
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:00PM 1.69	3:27AM 1.73		3:40PM 1.80	4:04AM 1.87		4:14PM 1.96	4:40AM 1.89		4:48PM 1.93		5:13AM 1.88	5:22PM 1.71		5:44AM 1.83	5:52PM 1.62		6:12AM 1.76	6:24PM 1.77		6:41AM 1.60	6:48PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		9:19PM 0.11	9:38AM 0.14		9:55PM 0.02	10:11AM 0.30		10:28PM -0.02	10:51AM 0.07		10:53PM 0.20	11:24AM 0.10		11:28PM 0.05	11:54AM 0.17		11:50PM 0.32	12:23PM 0.28		12:22AM 0.26	12:52PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	22	25	25	22	25	25	24	24	23	22	25	23	22	23	24	22	22	25	22	24	25
Low °C	23	21	22	25	21	22	25	22	23	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	23	21	22	24
Chill °C (?)	24	22	25	25	22	25	25	24	24	23	22	25	23	22	23	24	22	22	25	22	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	7:37	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	10	17	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	11	7	6	12	10	10	11	12	12	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	1.2 SW	0.6 S	-	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	6	10	6	-	5	5	8	16	11	11	10	12	12	11	6	15	14	-	-	-	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	0.1 SE	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	-	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	-	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	7	7	8	8	6	6	6	7	6

	Saturday 31					Sunday 01								Monday 02								Tue
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Dias Beach 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	Dias Beach Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	500	450	407	560	1050	1960	4005	3817	3358	2913	1324	2232	1928	1490	1426	1207	473	766	610	682	587	529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:00PM 1.65				3:25AM 1.89				3:39PM 2.03				4:05AM 1.83				4:16PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)	8:55AM 0.26				9:18PM 0.11				9:38AM 0.15				9:55PM 0.02				10:11AM 0.30				10:28PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	24	24	22	22	22	21	22	24	24	24	22	21	21	20	22	24	24	24	23	22	22
Chill °C (?)	25	24	24	22	22	22	21	22	24	24	24	22	21	21	20	22	24	24	24	23	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	6	6	11	19	18	10	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	7	5	5	5	6	8	16	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	8	8	5	6

	Saturday 31															Sunday 01
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Dias Beach 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	Dias Beach Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	19	10	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16
Energy(?)	549	549	533	433	434	314	379	435	359	383	339	523	618	769	905	905	1143	1972	2185	2413	2670	3261
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							2:58PM 1.84													3:27AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	8:55AM 0.26													9:19PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	25	24	24	24	23	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	23	24	25	24	24	24	23	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	20
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	17	17	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	19	19	18	18	18	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-