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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun	Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	13	14	13
Energy(?)	948	940	836	1332	1450	1787	1998	1965	1934	1528	1356	1277	1233	846	766	759	386	338	362	1208	1989	1514
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	8:02PM 1.57	8:28AM 1.46		9:03PM 1.18	9:51AM 1.35		10:58PM 1.39	11:45AM 1.33		12:50AM 1.22	1:13PM 1.44		1:53AM 1.66		2:13PM 1.57	2:46AM 1.54		3:00PM 1.72	3:27AM 1.73		3:40PM 1.76	4:04AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	1:54AM 0.64		2:59PM 0.53	3:04AM 0.57		4:40PM 0.59			6:33PM 0.53		6:52AM 0.56	7:47PM 0.59		8:01AM 0.61		8:37PM 0.23	8:55AM 0.25		9:19PM 0.11	9:38AM 0.14		9:55PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	20	23	24	21	23	23	21	21	22	20	22	22	22	25	24	22	22	22	21	22	23	21
Low °C	19	21	23	19	21	22	19	20	21	20	21	21	21	23	24	22	22	21	20	20	23	20
Chill °C (?)	20	23	24	21	23	23	21	21	22	20	22	22	22	25	24	22	22	22	21	22	23	21
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	1.0 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	8	7	16	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	2.0 E	1.8 ESE	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	3	4	5	4	4	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 25			Monday 26								Tuesday 27								Wednesday 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Energy(?)	952	1318	1180	1199	1035	1035	721	956	1061	1233	1289	1047	1035	1112	1451	1585	1776	1966	2056	2090	2098	2062
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:52PM 1.31					8:41AM 1.74				9:03PM 1.18				9:51AM 1.35				10:59PM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)				1:55AM 0.43					2:59PM 0.53				3:07AM 0.78				4:39PM 0.58				4:58AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	20	19	19	19	21	23	23	22	21	20	20	20	21	23	23	22	21	21	20	19	20
Chill °C (?)	22	20	19	19	19	21	23	23	22	21	20	20	20	21	23	23	22	21	21	20	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45
Sunset	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 25									Monday 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	968	1291	1280	1318	1318	1318	1029	1201	1180	1180	1159	948	853	853	1035	1123	1104	957	1035	957	940	940
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						7:52PM 1.31	8:02PM 1.57												8:28AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)												1:54AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	22	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	23	23	22
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	22	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	23	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-