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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	Wed	Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	0	0	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	3	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 SSE	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	15	17	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	16	15	14	14	14	13	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1561	2605	4391	3922	3052	2553	738	1023	1355	805	803	1102	1117	1202	1094	1132	721	774	1087	1089	456	502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:24AM 1.61		3:29PM 1.98	3:53AM 1.84		3:56PM 1.96	4:23AM 1.56		4:30PM 1.61	4:55AM 1.52		4:54PM 1.84		5:28AM 1.47	5:33PM 1.47		6:06AM 1.44	6:10PM 1.39		6:52AM 1.36	7:03PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	9:16PM 0.18	9:22AM 0.27		9:37PM 0.36	9:40AM 0.50		10:13PM 0.19	10:22AM 0.31		10:43PM 0.23	10:53AM 0.36		11:15PM 0.28	11:27AM 0.43		11:50PM 0.34	12:06PM 0.52		12:21AM 0.63	12:58PM 0.58		1:21AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	17	20	21	17	20	21	18	22	21	19	21	22	18	21	21	18	23	23	19	22	22	19
Low °C	15	18	20	16	20	20	17	19	19	18	19	20	17	20	21	16	20	23	16	19	21	17
Chill °C (?)	17	20	21	17	20	21	18	22	21	19	21	22	18	21	21	18	23	23	19	22	22	19
Sunrise	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 ESE	1.4 SW	1.4 ESE	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	15	17	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	15	14	14	14	13	6	11	7	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 E
Period (s)	17	11	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	12	11	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.9 ESE	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.0 E	1.3 ESE	-	0.7 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	7	7	-	4

	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20								Friday 21								Saturday 22
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	17	17	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	616	821	1314	1585	1639	1796	2605	3611	4070	4268	4055	3380	3601	3456	3095	3078	2299	2231	1465	1775	1170	1496
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
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)	3:00PM 1.71				3:24AM 1.84				3:30PM 1.68				3:53AM 1.58				4:00PM 1.68				4:22AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)			9:11PM 0.38				9:22AM 0.27				9:44PM 0.17				9:51AM 0.28				10:05PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	17	16	16	18	20	20	19	17	16	17	17	20	21	20	19	17	17	16	17	20
Chill °C (?)	19	17	17	16	16	18	20	20	19	17	16	17	17	20	21	20	19	17	17	16	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11
Sunset	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	12	12	12	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	18	17	17	12	11	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 19									Thursday 20
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	17	17	17	16	12	16	16	16	15	16	16
Energy(?)	407	641	605	605	1087	1087	821	1378	1378	1468	1526	1585	1723	1689	1852	1755	1805	1828	1992	2605	2766	3035
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)	3:00PM 1.71	3:01PM 1.68												3:24AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)								9:16PM 0.17												9:22AM 0.27
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	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	17	18	19	20	21	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	17	18	19	20	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	9	9	13	13	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	15	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 S	1.4 SW
Period (s)	8	10	13	13	19	19	13	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	12	11	20	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-