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

	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	0	4	4	0	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.3 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	8	9	9	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11
Energy	1781	2475	2778	6613	3388	3448	3476	3033	1783	1247	1327	1064	1066	1238	1215	1250	1106	1079	735	836	1350	1220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:28PM 1.52		5:27AM 1.69	6:06PM 1.42		6:08AM 1.42	6:46PM 1.42		6:49AM 1.53	7:33PM 1.39		7:44AM 1.46		8:32PM 1.58	8:52AM 1.40		9:35PM 1.39	10:07AM 1.21		10:49PM 1.67	11:26AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	11:03AM 0.38		11:28PM 0.43	11:38AM 0.44		12:07AM 0.48	12:25PM 0.36		12:43AM 0.70	12:58PM 0.57		1:45AM 0.56	1:52PM 0.64		2:56AM 0.76		3:00PM 0.68	4:04AM 0.55		4:17PM 0.67		5:18AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	17	15	23	6	5	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	14	15	17	14	18	18	16	15	16	15	16	18	17	18
Low °C	14	13	13	15	15	13	12	14	13	13	15	13	16	16	14	13	15	13	13	18	14	13
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	13	14	13	12	14	14	15	17	14	18	18	16	15	15	14	16	18	17	18
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	5:27	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.7 S	2.2 SSE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.3 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	1.7 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	10	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	4.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck 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	Herolds Bay Garden Route
Rating	0	2	4	4	0	4	4	0	5	4	0	0	0	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.9 S	1.6 SW	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE
Period(s)	8	9	8	13	8	8	9	9	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	843	1406	1162	1481	1781	1967	2475	2927	3585	2778	2841	3084	6613	7168	3388	3103	3285	3448	3430	3547	3476	3054
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			5:00AM 1.57					5:28PM 1.69				5:27AM 1.69				6:05PM 1.45				6:08AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)	10:41PM 0.54					11:14AM 0.29				11:28PM 0.43				11:49AM 0.31				12:07AM 0.48				12:24PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	5	2	2	3	13	8	7	10	2	5	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	11	10	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.9 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	2.2 SSE	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE
Period (s)	8	9	8	13	13	13	10	12	12	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.7 SSW	-	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	11	11	11	12	-	12	12	-	-	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	1.5 SE	0.4 ESE	2.1 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	10	10	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	0	2	4	4	0	4	4	0	5	4	0	0	0	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	1.8 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.5 SE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	8	8	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Energy	1094	794	843	877	1406	1406	1340	1307	1122	1162	2088	1481	1547	1691	1781	1756	2283	1967	1966	2412	2475	3157
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									4:53AM 1.76													5:28PM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)			10:41PM 0.54													11:03AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	5	3	3	2	2	2	3	5
High °C	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 S	2.3 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	9	9	10	10	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.5 S	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	1.8 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.5 SE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9