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

	Tue		Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	2	4	0	0	0	0	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SSE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SW	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	11	10	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	14	13	12	12	12
Energy	453	1120	2058	2558	3016	3709	2708	3251	2800	2976	2039	1651	1045	933	1149	1153	882	1118	1266	1135	1015	1262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:54PM 1.48	5:00AM 1.54		5:28PM 1.69		5:33AM 1.48	6:05PM 1.66		6:08AM 1.42	6:46PM 1.42		6:49AM 1.53	7:34PM 1.59		7:40AM 1.28		8:32PM 1.58	8:52AM 1.40		9:35PM 1.39	10:10AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		10:54PM 0.37	11:03AM 0.38		11:16PM 0.59	11:48AM 0.32		12:07AM 0.48	12:25PM 0.36		12:43AM 0.70	12:58PM 0.57		1:41AM 0.74	1:57PM 0.47		2:56AM 0.76		2:58PM 0.51	4:04AM 0.55		4:17PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	10	14	16	15	4	2	13	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-
High °C	19	17	15	14	15	15	15	13	14	16	14	15	18	16	17	17	15	13	15	14	13	15
Low °C	18	16	14	14	14	15	14	13	12	14	12	12	16	15	14	16	14	13	14	13	13	14
Chill °C	19	16	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	15	14	15	18	16	17	17	15	12	14	12	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	5:23	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	11	10	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	14	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.1 S	0.2 W	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SW	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	14	10	11	-	-	11	11	11	11	14	13	9	9	12	11	12	11	11	10	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.2 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	-
Period (s)	5	7	8	9	10	10	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	7	-

	Tuesday 02					Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Fri
	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	Groenvlei Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSE	1.8 SW	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period(s)	11	11	11	9	8	10	10	13	8	13	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	577	537	453	964	864	1120	1137	1806	2058	1907	2558	4136	3639	3016	2975	2939	3709	6894	2708	3277	3072	3251
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			4:54PM 1.48				5:00AM 1.54					5:28PM 1.52				5:27AM 1.69				6:05PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	10:42AM 0.25				10:53PM 0.38					11:14AM 0.29				11:16PM 0.59				11:38AM 0.44				12:07AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	5	11	5	10	8	2	3	2	1	2	1	1	3	4	3
Temp. °C	18	19	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13
Chill °C	18	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	11	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	8	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.0 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	1.1 S	1.2 S	0.2 W	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	11	8	11	15	14	14	10	10	9	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	2.0 SSW	-	1.2 SSE	1.4 SE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SE	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	5	9	-	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02															Wednesday 03
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	14
Energy	670	660	577	549	546	537	530	468	453	453	486	964	965	1199	864	899	976	1120	1075	1174	1137	1108
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)									4:54PM 1.48												5:00AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			10:42AM 0.25												10:53PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
High °C	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	11	11	8	8	8	8	10	11	11	11	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 S	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	9	9	8	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7