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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	Wed	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	0	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	9	11	11	11	9	10	13	11	13	9	12	9	9	10	8	15	14	13
Energy(?)	608	523	779	617	299	318	337	203	981	922	478	820	662	420	514	279	214	142	204	606	620	1197
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)	8:30PM 1.16	9:31AM 1.39		10:57PM 1.37	11:51AM 1.40		12:49AM 1.34	1:10PM 1.55		1:39AM 1.49	1:57PM 1.47		2:14AM 1.89		2:33PM 1.81	2:47AM 1.77		3:04PM 1.90	3:18AM 2.09		3:33PM 1.94	3:46AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)	2:48AM 0.70		4:36PM 0.88		5:55AM 0.87	6:33PM 0.77		7:14AM 0.69	7:28PM 0.61		7:59AM 0.36		8:06PM 0.47	8:34AM 0.23		8:38PM 0.18	9:03AM 0.29		9:04PM 0.29	9:29AM 0.24		9:30PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	22	18	24	23	19	22	21	19	20	20	17	20	20	17	21	22	19	24	25	21
Low °C	18	19	21	17	19	22	18	19	19	17	17	19	15	17	20	16	18	21	18	20	22	19
Chill °C (?)	20	22	22	18	24	23	19	22	21	19	20	20	17	20	20	17	21	22	19	24	25	21
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	7	11	10	10	9	11	8	8	9	10	13	11	13	9	12	9	9	10	8	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 E	0.6 SSW	0.3 E	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	11	9	9	9	8	14	8	13	10	12	10	11	11	11	7	10	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	0.3 WSW	0.6 W	-	0.5 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	4	-	5	4

	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1358	1197	1112	500	415	351	566	589	634	817	926	791	502	565	299	427	318	296	288	249	255	261
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:40PM 1.40				9:30AM 1.17					11:12PM 1.14				12:01PM 1.18				12:42AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	2:07PM 0.59				2:41AM 0.89				4:36PM 0.88					5:46AM 0.70				6:33PM 0.77				7:14AM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	20	20	19	19	22	21	20	18	17	17	18	20	24	20	22	20	20	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	20	19	19	22	21	20	18	17	17	18	20	24	20	22	20	20	19	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39
Sunset	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	7	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5	11	12	9	8	11	9	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-

	Wednesday 25									Thursday 26
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	879	1690	1770	988	1619	1197	1283	1136	1112	530	480	474	470	413	415	360	353	351	351	693	523	540
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							8:31PM 1.19													9:31AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	2:07PM 0.59												2:41AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	23	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	18	19	18	19	19	20	21	22	22
Chill °C (?)	21	23	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	18	19	18	19	19	20	21	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 ESE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 E	1.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	9	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	9	7	11	7	7	7	7	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 E	1.0 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	12	9	9	12	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-