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

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	Thu		Friday 04			Saturday 05			Sunday 06			Monday 07			Tuesday 08			Wednesday 09			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	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 Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	2	4	4	4	7	9	9	6	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	13	13	12	16	15	15	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	11	14	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	1084	754	969	1651	1476	7127	8054	7795	6885	5362	4942	3859	2731	3001	2341	1922	1172	4500	3409	2049	1174	2061
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		10:04PM 9:17AM	10:33AM		11:05PM	11:55AM		12:18AM	1:04PM		1:14AM	1:54PM		1:56AM	10:04PM	2:35PM	2:41AM		2:21AM		1:57PM	2:37AM
Low Tide / height (m)	3:08PM	4:38AM		4:18PM		5:51AM	5:41PM	3:13PM	6:50AM	6:53PM		7:42AM	7:48PM		8:17AM		8:32PM	9:02AM	9:35PM	5:58AM		9:49PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	18	-	-	2	-	-	8	2	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	13	16	17	16	14	15	13	14	13	12	14	15	14	14	17	14	17	17	14	17	20
Low °C	16	12	13	17	12	13	14	12	12	11	11	11	14	11	11	16	13	12	15	13	14	20
Chill °C (?)	16	11	16	17	15	13	14	12	12	10	9	13	14	14	14	17	14	17	17	14	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.4 ESE	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	8	13	12	16	15	15	10	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	11	14	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.7 S	1.7 SW	0.9 S	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	1.3 S	1.7 S	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	6	8	13	8	10	10	10	10	-	10	13	16	15	10	12	11	13	13	13	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	8	8	-	-	-	-	15	13	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	16	16
Energy(?)	711	593	1084	1179	1123	754	1190	780	969	954	1651	1576	1883	1476	2173	3507	7127	8248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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
High Tide / height (m)	9:12AM 1.13				9:52PM 1.31				10:33AM 1.09					11:13PM 1.49				11:58AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)			3:08PM 0.62				4:23AM 0.72				4:18PM 0.68					5:43AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	2	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	16	14	13	13	12	12	16	17	17	15	15	13	12	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	15	12	10	10	9	10	16	17	17	14	15	12	11	12	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	12	15	15	14	14	14	13	8	8	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 SE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	16	6	6	7	8	8	7	13	13	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 W	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	12	11	7	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-