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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sun
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	0	3	0	3	3	2	4	0	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	0	3	0	0	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	0.9 SSW	2.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	13	12	9	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	6	7	13
Energy(?)	528	548	385	499	592	601	697	1891	3245	5657	5451	2295	1981	1453	1286	1124	1191	656	372	573	482	613
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		4:27PM 1.78	4:55AM 2.08		5:07PM 2.01		5:35AM 1.78	5:46PM 1.64		6:14AM 1.72	6:26PM 1.80		6:52AM 1.66	7:00PM 1.39		7:31AM 1.51	7:39PM 1.29		8:14AM 1.36		8:28PM 1.14	9:08AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)	10:23AM 0.12		10:36PM 0.24	10:58AM 0.38		11:20PM 0.05	11:46AM 0.20		11:56PM 0.12	12:26PM 0.29		12:24AM 0.44	1:05PM 0.41		1:05AM 0.34	1:47PM 0.51		1:41AM 0.47		2:36PM 0.60	2:25AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	20	22	24	20	24	24	23	21	22	19	24	25	21	23	23	21	23	27	22	25
Low °C	21	22	18	20	24	19	23	24	21	20	21	18	21	23	20	21	23	20	21	25	21	23
Chill °C (?)	22	23	20	22	24	20	24	24	23	21	22	19	24	25	21	23	23	21	23	27	22	25
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:28
Sunset	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.4 E	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	12	12	12	11	11	12	8	10	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.3 S	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	11	11	10	10	13	15	13	-	10	10	9	9	9	13	11	11	11	10	11	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.7 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	1.4 SE	2.1 ESE	1.5 E	-
Period (s)	6	5	5	4	-	-	10	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	7	-

	Sunday 04							Monday 05								Tuesday 06
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	9	10
Energy(?)	860	642	528	616	361	536	604	607	614	502	464	470	582	503	547	536	571	579	727	736	1891	3044
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:14AM 1.77				4:26PM 2.07				4:55AM 1.80					5:07PM 1.73				5:35AM 1.78				5:46PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			10:16AM 0.36				10:43PM 0.02				10:58AM 0.38					11:20PM 0.05				11:46AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	22	22	21	20	19	19	18	21	24	24	23	21	19	19	20	23	24	24	24	22
Chill °C (?)	20	21	22	22	21	20	19	19	18	21	24	24	23	21	19	19	20	23	24	24	24	22
Sunrise	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	10	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.2 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	7	6	13	6	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	13	10	10	10	13	10	10	15	14	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	-	1.0 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	0.8 SSE	-	0.6 SSE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	6	-	6	10	5	6	-	4	4	-	5	10	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	5	9	10

	Sunday 04																					Mon
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	824	783	545	545	656	642	642	802	670	613	616	616	462	558	548	548	475	536	481	476	604	556
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			4:13AM 2.05												4:27PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)									10:23AM 0.12												10:43PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	19	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	19	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	6	6	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.1 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 ESE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	10	7	13	13	10	6	6	10	10	10	6	6	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.1 SSE	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	5	5	6	-	-	6	-	-	10	10	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	-	-