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

	Tue	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	1.5 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 E	1.0 SW	2.0 ESE	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.7 ESE	2.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.5 E	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	3.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	6	11	7	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	6	7	7	8	9	8	9	9
Energy(?)	276	569	905	650	668	660	540	831	887	591	377	287	342	282	477	453	351	933	3026	743	840	1487
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:02AM 1.84	6:07PM 1.77		6:42AM 1.82	6:52PM 1.68		7:30AM 1.79	7:44PM 1.59		8:14AM 1.52		8:36PM 1.25	9:20AM 1.45		10:09PM 1.47	10:51AM 1.76		11:34PM 1.22	12:01PM 1.52		12:51AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)	11:36PM 0.43	11:59AM 0.61		12:13AM 0.49	12:44PM 0.66		12:54AM 0.55	1:39PM 0.71		1:43AM 0.40		2:39PM 0.52	2:42AM 0.47		4:13PM 0.76	4:12AM 0.73		5:36PM 0.70		5:27AM 0.54	6:39PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	22	19	22	24	20	20	20	19	20	21	19	21	23	19	25	24	21	26	26	21
Low °C	18	19	21	18	19	22	19	20	20	18	19	20	18	19	22	19	22	23	21	24	24	19
Chill °C (?)	20	22	22	18	22	24	20	20	20	18	20	21	19	21	23	18	25	24	21	26	26	21
Sunrise	-	5:16	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSE	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	3.0 ESE	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	8	9	8	11	12	7	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 SW	0.7 E	-	1.1 SW	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	0.7 SE	-	-	0.5 E	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	-
Period (s)	6	10	10	9	10	-	11	9	7	6	-	-	9	16	-	-	14	14	9	12	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 E	1.5 SE	2.0 ESE	-	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 E	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.5 E	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	3.0 ESE
Period (s)	-	9	9	6	7	7	-	7	7	9	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	9	8	9	9

	Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24								Thursday 25								Friday 26
	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	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.8 SE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.9 ESE	1.7 E	1.1 SW	1.6 SE	1.0 SW	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	6	6	11	8	11	9	7	12	12	11	11	12
Energy(?)	401	320	315	276	261	694	569	826	664	420	713	624	590	837	668	909	716	771	705	635	629	778
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
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
High Tide / height (m)		5:28PM 1.83				6:02AM 1.84				6:04PM 1.54				6:39AM 1.56				6:52PM 1.68				7:22AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)				11:36PM 0.43				11:59AM 0.61				12:18AM 0.26				12:44PM 0.66				12:56AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	19	19	18	19	22	21	20	19	18	17	17	20	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	21	20	19	19	18	19	22	21	19	18	18	17	16	20	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15
Sunset	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	6	10	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	11	11	11	12	12	12	7	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.0 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 SSE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	6	6	6	10	7	10	10	10	8	9	9	11	10	10	8	10	9	7	11	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 E	1.1 E	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 E	-	-	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	10	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	8	7	9	7	7	7	-	-	7

	Tuesday 23									Wednesday 24
	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	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	7
Energy(?)	545	379	379	383	385	320	319	318	315	329	331	327	250	324	261	261	694	694	463	412	412	460
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				5:28PM 1.83													6:02AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)										11:43PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	6	6	10	10	7	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	7	7	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.2 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	7	6	6	7