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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	Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	0	4	3	3	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	0.4 E	2.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	8	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	2612	1646	1794	619	1340	1231	1036	883	1349	1452	1774	22	1789	2624	2615	971	1777	1650	858	703	671	300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	glass	on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:03PM 1.45		7:32AM 1.62	7:52PM 1.34		8:41AM 1.74		9:13PM 1.44	10:03AM 1.64		10:58PM 1.39	11:45AM 1.63		12:50AM 1.22	1:13PM 1.44		1:57AM 1.40		2:13PM 1.60	2:46AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	1:06PM 0.31		1:08AM 0.29	1:54PM 0.43		1:55AM 0.43		3:06PM 0.77	3:07AM 0.78		4:40PM 0.61		5:06AM 0.84	6:33PM 0.53		6:52AM 0.56	7:47PM 0.39		8:04AM 0.41		8:37PM 0.23	8:55AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	19	23	23	20	23	24	21	23	23	20	22	23	21	25	26	23	25	25	23	23
Low °C	19	22	18	20	23	19	21	23	19	22	21	19	19	22	20	22	26	21	23	24	20	21
Chill °C (?)	22	23	19	23	23	20	23	24	21	23	23	20	22	23	21	25	26	23	25	25	23	23
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	7:42	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	-	0.3 E	-	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	8	-	8	-	7	8	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 E	-	0.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	7	-	3	-	-

	Saturday 24							Sunday 25								Monday 26
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	3568	3046	2867	2373	1968	1979	1547	1358	1235	1134	1322	968	680	1318	1201	1231	1209	1047	1036	1034	1082	1234
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:51AM 1.69				7:03PM 1.45				7:43AM 1.86				7:52PM 1.31					8:28AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)				1:05PM 0.32				1:05AM 0.50				1:54PM 0.66				1:55AM 0.43					2:59PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	22	22	21	19	19	19	19	20	22	23	22	20	19	19	19	21	23	23	22	21
Chill °C (?)	17	19	22	22	21	19	19	19	19	20	22	23	22	20	19	19	19	21	23	23	22	21
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 24																					Sun
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3769	3769	3568	3281	3281	3046	2437	2235	2235	2045	2410	1868	1273	2186	2186	2152	2152	1979	2086	1887	2019	1856
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)					6:50AM 1.73													7:03PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)												1:03PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	18	19	20	22	23	23	22	23	22	22	22	21	20	19	19	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	18	19	20	22	23	23	22	23	22	22	22	21	20	19	19	19	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-