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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	Fri	Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	17	16	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	12	11	10	10	13	12	8
Energy(?)	597	535	283	1902	3515	1838	1524	975	744	636	455	378	343	378	344	332	421	408	739	504	466	894
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)	2:46AM 1.57		2:58PM 1.96	3:27AM 1.73		3:40PM 1.76	4:05AM 1.83		4:17PM 1.75	4:39AM 1.92		4:51PM 2.04		5:13AM 1.88	5:24PM 1.98		5:43AM 1.86	5:52PM 1.62		6:18AM 1.99	6:24PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	8:37PM 0.23	8:55AM 0.26		9:19PM 0.11	9:38AM 0.14		9:55PM 0.02	10:16AM 0.08		10:28PM -0.02	10:51AM 0.07		10:53PM 0.20	11:24AM 0.10		11:28PM 0.05	11:54AM 0.18		11:50PM 0.32	12:17PM 0.49		12:22AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	1	-	-	2	1	1	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	22	25	24	22	24	25	22	24	23	22	23	23	23	25	24	23	22	23	21	23	23	20
Low °C	20	23	22	21	22	24	20	22	23	22	22	23	22	23	23	21	22	22	19	21	22	18
Chill °C (?)	22	25	24	22	24	25	22	24	23	22	23	23	23	25	24	23	22	23	21	23	23	20
Sunrise	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	10	17	16	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	11	12	11	10	10	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.2 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	10	8	8	5	8	8	8	11	10	10	9	10	8	8	18	16	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	-	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	-	-	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	6	9	-	-	6	6	6	5	8

	Friday 30			Saturday 31								Sunday 01								Monday 02
	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	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	18	17	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	726	701	524	597	575	509	497	410	459	560	1050	1902	2536	3605	2783	3120	2412	2305	1405	1169	1099	1281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:13PM 1.57				2:46AM 1.57				3:00PM 1.65				3:25AM 2.00				3:40PM 1.80				4:04AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)			8:35PM 0.44				8:55AM 0.26				9:18PM 0.11				9:34AM 0.36				9:50PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	22	21	20	20	23	25	24	24	22	22	22	21	22	24	24	24	22	21	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	24	22	21	20	20	23	25	24	24	22	22	22	21	22	24	24	24	22	21	21	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48
Sunset	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	17	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	6	13	6	6	6	6	6	6	11	19	18	10	10	8	8	8	8	-	7	7	7	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	-	-	-

	Friday 30									Saturday 31
	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	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	788	777	650	637	770	701	646	635	726	591	592	447	433	580	448	498	506	509	399	368	365	477
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)	2:13PM 1.57												2:43AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)							8:37PM 0.23												8:52AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	25	25	24	23	22	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	20	21	20	21	23	23	24	25	24
Chill °C (?)	25	25	25	24	23	22	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	20	21	20	21	23	23	24	25	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	13	13	13	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-