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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	Mon	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24
	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	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	0	2	3	2	3	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	0	0	3	3	3	4	0	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	10	16	14	13	10	12	15	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	10	11	18	9	15	14	14
Energy(?)	408	272	428	483	420	503	1637	1792	3968	4265	3095	2466	1321	1293	953	883	788	962	160	891	1174	1030
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:26AM 1.76		2:31PM 1.66	2:55AM 1.52		3:01PM 1.68	3:24AM 1.84		3:31PM 1.64	3:53AM 1.58		3:59PM 1.72	4:23AM 1.56		4:30PM 1.61	4:54AM 1.55		5:00PM 1.55		5:28AM 1.73	5:28PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	8:20PM 0.47	8:22AM 0.34		8:49PM 0.20	8:52AM 0.29		9:11PM 0.38	9:22AM 0.27		9:44PM 0.17	9:51AM 0.28		10:13PM 0.19	10:22AM 0.31		10:42PM 0.24	10:53AM 0.37		11:06PM 0.46	11:16AM 0.67		11:40PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	1	-	-	-
High °C	17	20	19	19	19	20	17	20	21	17	20	22	18	21	22	19	19	18	18	21	22	18
Low °C	16	18	19	17	18	20	15	18	20	16	19	21	17	19	21	18	18	18	17	19	21	16
Chill °C (?)	16	20	19	19	19	20	17	20	21	17	20	22	18	21	22	19	19	18	18	21	22	18
Sunrise	-	5:11	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	11	6	16	14	13	10	12	12	16	15	14	14	13	12	11	10	11	11	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	10	6	10	6	13	17	15	-	-	-	-	-	11	12	12	19	10	9	9	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	6	6	-	-	5	5

	Monday 17			Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point 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
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	2	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 ESE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	11	11	10	6	10	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	17	17	16
Energy(?)	528	598	549	501	520	381	212	224	437	582	676	587	583	546	471	520	545	834	1318	1587	1642	1639
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
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)	2:05PM 1.93				2:26AM 1.50				2:31PM 1.62				2:55AM 1.55				3:00PM 1.71				3:24AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)			8:22PM 0.25				8:16AM 0.51				8:49PM 0.20				8:52AM 0.29				9:11PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	16	15	15	18	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	18	20	20	19	17	17	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	18	16	15	15	15	18	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	18	20	20	19	17	17	16	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16
Sunset	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	6	6	6	10	10	10	15	14	14	13	13	13	9	10	12	12	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	0.8 E	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	8	9	19	11	10	7	6	16	15	6	8	6	6	6	6	13	13	18	17	17	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 E	1.2 E	-	-	-	1.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 17									Tuesday 18
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point 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
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	2	0	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	11	11	11	11	6	6	11	11	6	6	7	6	6	11	10	18	10	18	6	6	10
Energy(?)	481	374	661	718	664	633	529	594	584	521	503	465	465	567	520	495	595	381	349	351	212	198
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:05PM 1.93												2:26AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)							8:20PM 0.47												8:16AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	17	18	19	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	20	21	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	16	17	18	19	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	11	11	10	10	10	10	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	-	1.3 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	6	-	-