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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	0	0	4	3	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.3 SW	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	3.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	12	12	11	11	13	12
Energy(?)	1897	1692	940	1375	1586	1971	1057	1025	993	541	459	1705	1119	599	628	852	555	481	391	347	372	420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross	off	cross	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:18AM 1.88		4:27PM 2.05	4:46AM 2.17		4:59PM 2.05		5:17AM 1.93	5:29PM 1.74		5:52AM 2.13	6:07PM 1.90		6:23AM 1.76	6:39PM 1.51		7:02AM 1.63	7:22PM 1.34		7:53AM 1.41		8:28PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)	10:06PM -0.00	10:21AM 0.24		10:29PM 0.17	10:52AM 0.21		10:59PM 0.17	11:28AM 0.04		11:33PM 0.03	11:58AM 0.31		12:01AM 0.31	12:38PM 0.23		12:41AM 0.26	1:20PM 0.40		1:25AM 0.45		2:20PM 0.56	2:34AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	25	26	21	22	23	21	23	24	20	23	24	22	26	25	24	22	23	21	22	23	20
Low °C	21	22	24	20	21	23	20	21	21	20	21	23	21	23	24	22	21	22	20	21	23	19
Chill °C (?)	22	25	26	21	22	23	21	23	24	20	23	24	22	26	25	24	22	23	21	22	23	20
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	8	8	7	11	10	10	10	8	9	8	8	7	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	8	13	9	12	12	11	16	16	15	15	14	13	12	12	11	8	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 W	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 E	1.8 SE	3.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE	-	-	0.5 WSW	-	1.3 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	11	11	6	7	8	8	8	-	-	4	-	7	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Friday 20
	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 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	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	Buffalo Bay 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1994	1851	2006	1897	1551	1367	1178	1341	1263	1207	1140	1179	1192	1354	1577	1986	1527	1802	1756	2075	1233	1087
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	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	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:58PM 1.77				4:16AM 2.11				4:27PM 1.80				4:46AM 2.17				4:57PM 1.83					5:17AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)			10:01PM 0.21				10:21AM 0.24				10:29PM 0.17				10:57AM 0.02					11:02PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	22	22	22	21	21	25	24	23	21	22	21	20	21	23	23	22	21	21	20	19	21
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	22	21	21	25	24	23	21	22	21	20	21	23	23	22	21	21	20	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Sunset	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.5 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	9	12	12	12	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17									Wednesday 18
	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 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	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	Buffalo Bay 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1705	1555	1555	1681	1646	1851	1852	2073	2171	2319	1920	1897	1794	2014	1964	2028	1912	1739	1717	1717	1692	1529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:57PM 2.01													4:18AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)									10:06PM -0.00												10:26AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	26	25	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	23	24	24	24
Chill °C (?)	24	26	25	24	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	23	24	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-