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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	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	4	0	0	5	5	5	7	9	9	8	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	0.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	9	12	18	12	14	13	13	13	13	15	16	15	14	14	13	8	9	9	9
Energy(?)	2043	2391	1330	852	1159	189	4673	4688	3862	3723	12576	13113	8152	7754	5444	3294	2361	1747	1136	833	704	612
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:15PM 1.97	4:33AM 2.20		4:55PM 1.74		5:13AM 2.09	5:39PM 1.87		5:53AM 1.67	6:22PM 1.50		6:42AM 1.47	7:20PM 1.35		7:47AM 1.28		8:49PM 1.24	9:30AM 1.36		10:49PM 1.26	11:31AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)	10:11AM -0.08		10:14PM 0.15	10:47AM -0.02		10:51PM 0.23	11:21AM 0.23		11:31PM 0.37	12:10PM 0.24		12:28AM 0.37	1:01PM 0.41		1:32AM 0.54		2:13PM 0.56	3:19AM 0.67		4:12PM 0.81		5:27AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	16	23	23	20	17	19	16	20	21	16	16	17	15	17	18	16	21	21	19	21
Low °C	16	19	15	16	23	13	14	19	14	15	19	14	15	16	13	13	18	15	16	21	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	19	16	23	23	20	16	18	16	20	21	15	15	16	15	17	17	15	21	21	19	21
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 E
Period (s)	11	11	10	9	12	18	16	14	13	13	13	13	15	16	15	14	14	13	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.2 E	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.5 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	8	13	12	18	8	9	9	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	15	13	12	12	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	5.0 WSW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	1.6 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	11	12	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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	The Heads Garden Route	Vleesbaai Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Victoria 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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	5	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	0	0	0	4	4	0	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	18	18	18	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	4407	571	1644	4504	2697	1858	1590	1402	1026	1330	1112	1089	746	594	1078	137	133	189	1575	1709	4094	6845
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			3:55AM 2.24				4:18PM 2.03				4:31AM 1.95				4:55PM 1.70					5:13AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)	9:40PM -0.00				10:11AM -0.08				10:14PM 0.15				10:48AM -0.02				10:57PM 0.09					11:27AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	15	16	19	21	21	19	17	15	15	16	21	23	22	20	16	14	13	14	17	19
Chill °C (?)	12	12	14	16	19	21	21	19	17	15	15	16	21	23	22	20	14	12	11	12	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.4 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	18	18	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	18	16	16	15	14	8	8	14	14	13	13	13	12	9	8	9	8	8	17	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	0.4 WNW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	2.3 SW	1.0 NW	3.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	11	3	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	-	12	5	11	11	4	3	11	12

	Friday 17			Saturday 18
	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	The Heads Garden Route	Vleesbaai Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Victoria 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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	5	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	0	0	0	4	4	0	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 SSW	3.0 SW	0.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	16	10	16	10	11	10	11	11	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2098	820	1322	3429	1794	1185	1355	1471	1644	345	2597	372	2600	2622	2761	2868	2450	2755	1076	1000	2391	2249
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	off	off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)								3:55AM 2.24													4:17PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)		9:39PM 0.02													10:11AM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	17	18	20	19	19	19	21	21	19	17
Chill °C (?)	11	12	14	15	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	16	18	20	19	19	19	21	21	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 SSW	3.0 SW	0.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	16	10	16	10	11	10	11	11	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 E	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	8	16	8	15	15	15	14	8	8	15	15	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	-	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	7	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	-	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-