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

7 day 48 hour

	Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wed
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	5	4	4	6	9	9	9	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	14	18	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	13	12	10	10	11	11	10	7
Energy(?)	4055	2205	1914	957	3404	16264	11798	8840	5358	3468	2002	1151	849	849	1266	1200	1028	1552	1381	543	255	158
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:29PM 1.64		7:55AM 1.58		8:21PM 1.55	8:49AM 1.26		9:39PM 1.69	10:17AM 1.40		11:01PM 1.65	11:50AM 1.42		12:23AM 1.68	1:14PM 1.31		1:32AM 1.76		2:14PM 1.45	2:29AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	1:05PM 0.25		1:49AM 0.37	1:51PM 0.52		2:49AM 0.45		2:51PM 0.48	4:18AM 0.70		4:19PM 0.70		5:50AM 0.67	5:55PM 0.70		7:02AM 0.44	7:17PM 0.48		8:04AM 0.33		8:20PM 0.37	8:53AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	17	18	16	14	14	15	13	14	18	17	20	22	14	15	13	13	14	16	13	15
Low °C	12	18	14	14	15	13	13	14	12	11	17	16	16	16	12	13	13	12	12	14	12	13
Chill °C (?)	17	19	17	18	15	13	13	14	13	14	18	17	20	22	13	14	12	13	14	16	13	14
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	16	16	14	14	18	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	13	15	13	10	11	11	9	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	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	0.3 E	0.8 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.3 SW	5.5 SW	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.4 SSW	-	-	1.6 SE	1.1 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	16	-	-	-	5	6	-	-	-	3	12	10	-	-	9	6	-

	Tue	Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	1360	1944	5018	3977	3152	3369	2982	2326	1712	1914	1645	1607	1750	1777	4379	10488	13515	11076	13820	12794	11798	10631
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:04AM 1.69				7:29PM 1.64				7:55AM 1.58					8:21PM 1.55				8:49AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)		1:00AM 0.30				1:05PM 0.25				1:49AM 0.56				1:51PM 0.52					2:49AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	12	13	17	18	16	14	16	15	14	13	18	18	16	14	14	13	13	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	12	17	18	16	14	16	15	13	12	18	17	15	13	13	11	11	11	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	4.5 SSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	18	11	11	17	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 SSW	0.5 E	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	19	18	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	19	11	-	-	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	17	17	-	-	-	-	-