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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tue
	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 Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	3	5	8	6	4	4	6	4	0	0	9	7	4	5	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.4 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	6.5 SW	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	13	12	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	-	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	2225	1895	1396	1003	434	2534	7202	5812	455	4983	4245	2180	0	17357	9969	2635	4946	3980	2773	2039	1025	886
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:26PM 1.31		1:40AM 1.67		2:12PM 1.70	2:30AM 1.52		2:53PM 1.85	3:07AM 1.65		3:29PM 1.75	3:40AM 1.71		4:00PM 1.82	4:10AM 1.73		4:31PM 2.08	4:38AM 1.78		4:56PM 1.83		5:08AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		7:34PM 0.68		8:07AM 0.54		8:28PM 0.35	8:47AM 0.22		9:07PM 0.24	9:20AM 0.12		9:41PM 0.16	9:50AM 0.06		10:11PM 0.11	10:15AM 0.07		10:39PM 0.12	10:43AM 0.06		11:06PM 0.13	11:03AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	15	19	18	16	16	17	15	16	18	14	17	13	13	14	15	13	14	15	13	19
Low °C	15	16	13	14	18	14	14	15	14	14	16	12	15	13	11	11	14	11	12	15	12	13
Chill °C (?)	18	16	15	19	18	16	15	16	15	15	18	13	15	10	10	13	14	12	14	15	12	19
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	5.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	14	13	12	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	-	-	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	7	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	5.5 SW	6.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	12	12	-	11	11	-	13	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4

	Mon	Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	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 Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Dias Beach Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	5	7	8	8	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	18	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	657	786	1239	1501	1615	2310	1895	1267	1721	1396	1223	1119	1003	824	615	1375	512	3282	6394	7337	7202	2042
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	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 Tide / height (m)		12:30AM 1.55				1:26PM 1.28				1:44AM 1.43					2:16PM 1.48				2:30AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)				7:15AM 0.68				7:34PM 0.68					8:08AM 0.36				8:25PM 0.54				8:47AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	16	18	17	16	14	13	13	13	14	19	19	19	16	17	16	14	14	16	17
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	16	18	16	16	14	13	12	12	13	19	19	19	16	17	16	13	13	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	9	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	7	11	12	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.6 SW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-
Period (s)	16	18	14	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	12	10	10	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	1.2 SW	2.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	8	11	12	12	12	12

	Monday 18			Tuesday 19
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
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	The Wreck 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Dias Beach Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	5	7	8	8	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	18	16	16	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	545	621	467	467	786	632	663	1239	1307	1570	1599	1818	1913	2071	2225	2290	841	1794	2172	1953	1895	1333
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					12:30AM 1.55													1:26PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)												7:14AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	17	18	18	17	18	16	17	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	16	16	16	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	15	17	18	18	16	17	15	16	15	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 E	1.1 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	18	16	9	14	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	9	9	-	-	-