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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	Sat		Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Sat
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma 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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route
Rating	2	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	0	4	4	0	4	2	0	3	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.9 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	18	16	15
Energy(?)	445	264	187	141	266	197	781	2102	515	664	875	719	1185	1192	1065	1172	619	556	669	685	885	1260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		8:50PM 1.51	9:34AM 1.74		10:00PM 1.20	10:41AM 1.45		11:34PM 1.22	12:01PM 1.52		12:48AM 1.60	1:10PM 1.62		1:52AM 1.45		2:09PM 1.68	2:42AM 1.86		2:58PM 2.05	3:30AM 1.73		3:45PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	2:49PM 0.75	2:50AM 0.70		3:56PM 0.53	3:59AM 0.53		5:22PM 0.48		5:27AM 0.54	6:46PM 0.59		6:47AM 0.46	7:42PM 0.28		7:53AM 0.34		8:33PM 0.38	8:43AM 0.45		9:21PM 0.08	9:37AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	22	23	20	24	25	21	25	25	21	22	24	21	22	24	21	23	23	21	23	23
Low °C	21	17	20	22	19	21	24	20	23	24	20	21	22	20	21	24	20	21	23	20	22	22
Chill °C (?)	22	19	22	23	20	24	25	21	25	25	21	22	24	21	22	24	21	23	23	21	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-
Sunset	7:40	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	12	11	12	12	11	10	13	8	8	9	8	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 WSW	0.2 W	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 ESE	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	-	9	15	14	9	9	9	-	10	10	-	13	10	13	12	12	18	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 E	-	2.2 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	8	-	8	8	9	8	9	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	9

	Saturday 27					Sunday 28								Monday 29								Tue
	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	Brak River 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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	5	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	340	447	398	342	324	316	299	328	264	287	208	117	117	115	241	119	197	314	547	1022	1096	841
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	off	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:26AM 1.76				8:36PM 1.25				9:20AM 1.48				10:00PM 1.22				10:51AM 1.76					11:34PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)			2:49PM 0.75				2:42AM 0.47				4:13PM 0.76				3:59AM 0.53					5:21PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	21	19	18	18	17	20	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	22	24	24	23	22	21	20
Chill °C (?)	21	22	21	19	18	18	17	20	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	22	24	24	23	22	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	9	-	9	9	9	9	5	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	15	15	14	14	-	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	1.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	6	9	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	9	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8

	Saturday 27															Sunday 28
	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	Brak River 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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	381	383	340	656	558	554	554	448	294	367	310	342	343	329	393	324	306	263	263	288	284	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	8:26AM 1.76												8:36PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)							2:39PM 0.51												2:50AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 E	0.3 SE	0.6 E	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	9	6	9	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	5	5