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

	Thu	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SE	1.7 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s)	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	11
Energy	3185	2702	2199	1613	1198	1065	846	1080	1140	1061	1209	1210	1024	1052	702	640	1439	1326	1230	1100	1130	858
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:08AM 1.42	6:46PM 1.62		6:49AM 1.53	7:33PM 1.36		7:40AM 1.28		8:32PM 1.58	8:52AM 1.40		9:39PM 1.60	10:07AM 1.18		10:45PM 1.44	11:26AM 1.25		11:52PM 1.53	12:33PM 1.35		12:52AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	12:07AM 0.48	12:25PM 0.36		12:43AM 0.70	12:58PM 0.57		1:44AM 0.57	1:57PM 0.47		2:56AM 0.76		3:00PM 0.68	4:18AM 0.72		4:08PM 0.52		5:18AM 0.48	5:29PM 0.62		6:23AM 0.37	6:27PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	14	15	16	14	15	16	14	17	19	18	17	16	15	17	18	15	18	21	17	16	15	14
Low °C	14	12	15	12	12	14	13	13	18	17	15	15	14	14	17	13	13	20	14	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	13	14	15	14	15	16	14	17	19	18	17	15	14	17	18	14	18	21	17	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	7:26	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SE	1.7 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 SW	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.8 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	14	9	9	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	7	7	6	15	9	9	9	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Thursday 04			Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 SW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Energy	3237	3291	2551	3185	3309	2948	2702	2628	2199	3070	1807	1613	1725	1351	1198	1057	1065	871	651	846	1013	1081
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	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)		6:05PM 1.45				6:08AM 1.42				6:46PM 1.42				6:49AM 1.53				7:33PM 1.39				7:40AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)				12:07AM 0.48				12:25PM 0.36				12:43AM 0.70				12:58PM 0.57				1:44AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	3	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	14	14	14	12	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	15	17	14	14	15	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	12	12	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	15	17	14	14	15	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28
Sunset	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	14	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	-	0.8 W	0.9 W	-	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	-	4	4	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04									Friday 05
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	6599	6519	3237	3182	3277	3291	2465	2507	2551	2500	2542	3185	3120	3185	3309	3030	2901	2948	2842	2768	2702	2715
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					6:05PM 1.45												6:08AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)										11:56PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	13	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	4	4	4