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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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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	Sun	Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	2	2	2	0	0	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 SW	2.0 ESE	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	6	6	7	7	13	8	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1173	1123	752	1005	1446	1492	878	657	760	529	369	468	295	277	531	487	487	670	1147	1115	769	876
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:41AM 1.61	1:55PM 1.86		2:21AM 1.70		2:34PM 1.96	3:01AM 1.81		3:14PM 2.00	3:40AM 1.80		3:56PM 2.29	4:21AM 1.78		4:37PM 2.19		5:03AM 1.70	5:20PM 2.03		5:48AM 1.58	6:05PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		7:39AM 0.19		8:15PM 0.03	8:20AM 0.08		8:54PM -0.07	9:00AM 0.02		9:33PM -0.10	9:41AM 0.01		10:12PM -0.06	10:16AM 0.26		10:53PM 0.04	11:07AM 0.17		11:35PM 0.17	11:55AM 0.32		12:22AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3	2
High °C	15	23	22	17	17	18	16	20	21	18	18	18	17	19	21	18	27	26	26	30	27	23
Low °C	13	18	20	16	17	18	15	17	19	17	17	18	14	16	20	17	22	26	20	28	24	18
Chill °C (?)	14	23	22	17	17	18	16	20	21	18	18	18	16	18	21	18	27	26	26	30	27	23
Sunrise	-	5:26	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	13	13	13	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	1.1 SSE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	-	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	6	8	12	21	7	19	18	13	8	15	-	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	-	-

	Sunday 02			Monday 03								Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1446	1427	1403	1227	1174	1117	986	1044	1034	1089	1121	1005	1296	1018	1204	1519	1492	1048	1304	1162	1060	1074
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:41AM 1.58				1:54PM 1.89					2:21AM 1.70				2:34PM 1.96				3:01AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		7:36PM 0.18				7:39AM 0.19					8:15PM 0.03				8:20AM 0.25				8:54PM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	14	14	14	18	22	23	23	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	16	15	14	14	18
Chill °C (?)	17	14	13	13	14	18	22	23	23	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	16	15	14	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22
Sunset	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.3 S	1.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	11	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	12	13	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 02									Monday 03
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1607	1642	1641	1561	1458	1427	1330	1330	1403	1403	771	925	771	909	893	774	1127	885	1117	1123	1123	1181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)												1:43AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)						7:36PM 0.18												7:42AM 0.37
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	18	17	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	16	18	20	22	23	22
Chill °C (?)	17	16	17	17	16	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	16	18	20	22	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	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	1.3 WSW	0.2 E	1.3 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.3 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	12	9	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	4	4	4	4