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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Garden Route Wavefinder

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	Sun	Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16
	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	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	1	0	3	0	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	12	18	16	16	14	14	13	11	11	12	11	10	7	9	6	15	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1270	991	647	510	658	458	1727	1294	1323	802	1343	1562	1008	255	289	199	242	187	739	1124	1099	660
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:40AM 1.48	7:00PM 1.34		7:51AM 1.59		8:15PM 1.29	9:24AM 1.38		10:02PM 1.37	11:00AM 1.58		11:39PM 1.41	12:09PM 1.68		12:39AM 1.25	12:53PM 1.51		1:21AM 1.61	1:33PM 1.87		1:55AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	12:22AM 0.34	12:52PM 0.50		1:06AM 0.71		2:02PM 0.89	2:39AM 0.67		4:06PM 0.68	4:33AM 0.86		5:56PM 0.83		5:51AM 0.80	6:49PM 0.71		6:37AM 0.52	7:22PM 0.41		7:17AM 0.63	7:54PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	19	25	25	21	21	23	19	22	22	19	19	20	17	21	22	18	19	18	17	18	19	17
Low °C	18	23	23	18	19	21	17	20	22	17	18	19	15	19	21	17	18	18	16	17	18	15
Chill °C (?)	18	25	25	21	21	23	19	22	22	19	19	20	17	21	22	18	19	17	16	17	18	16
Sunrise	-	5:18	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	0.6 E	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	14	8	8	12	11	16	16	14	14	13	11	11	12	11	10	7	7	7	8	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 SSE	0.9 SW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.9 S
Period (s)	11	13	12	8	8	8	12	10	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	7	15	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 E	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	1.2 SE	1.3 ESE	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	8	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	6	6	-	4	6	-	4	5	6

	Sunday 09			Monday 10								Tuesday 11								Wednesday 12
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Kanon Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 ESE	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	15	14	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	11	11	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1295	1356	1667	2510	1291	1000	700	508	794	624	556	510	549	511	467	859	1207	1388	1277	1299	1523	1340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:05PM 1.56				6:44AM 1.72				7:01PM 1.62				7:51AM 1.59					8:17PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)				12:11AM 0.54				12:52PM 0.54				1:06AM 0.71					2:12PM 0.64				2:39AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	20	20	20	20	24	24	23	23	21	21	19	18	20	23	22	20	19	19	18	17	20
Chill °C (?)	23	20	20	20	20	24	24	23	23	21	21	19	18	20	23	22	20	19	19	18	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18
Sunset	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SW	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 E	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	12	11	11	8	17	16	16	17	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S
Period (s)	18	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	8	12	12	8	8	8	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 09									Monday 10
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Kanon Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 E	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	8	8	12	16	8	8	15	15	14	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1234	1348	1307	1128	1186	1196	874	1371	1667	2196	2516	2510	2446	2372	1291	1861	1823	1138	902	834	991	980
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)					6:06PM 1.83												6:40AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)											12:11AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	22	20	20	19	19	18	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	22	23	25	26	25	26
Chill °C (?)	24	24	22	20	20	19	18	17	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	22	23	25	26	25	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 ESE	1.1 SW	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	-	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 E	-	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	-	2.2 E	2.2 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-