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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri	Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03
	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	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	13	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	12
Energy(?)	367	1183	1816	1408	885	843	619	423	391	212	134	130	232	639	523	682	747	876	1455	1290	896	576
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:49AM 1.31	1:10PM 1.55		1:35AM 1.72	1:56PM 1.69		2:16AM 1.62		2:32PM 1.58	2:47AM 2.01		3:03PM 1.66	3:16AM 1.85		3:32PM 1.71	3:44AM 1.88		4:00PM 1.72	4:11AM 1.86		4:27PM 1.70	4:37AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		7:14AM 0.69	7:28PM 0.61		8:00AM 0.52		8:05PM 0.28	8:34AM 0.22		8:37PM 0.36	9:03AM 0.29		9:07PM 0.11	9:32AM 0.07		9:34PM 0.08	9:58AM 0.05		10:00PM 0.09	10:23AM 0.06		10:26PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	3	2
High °C	18	20	19	17	19	20	17	21	20	17	20	23	20	22	24	20	25	25	21	23	21	20
Low °C	18	19	19	16	17	19	16	17	19	17	19	23	19	19	22	19	21	23	20	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	18	20	19	17	19	20	17	21	20	17	20	23	20	22	24	20	25	25	21	23	21	20
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.8 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	9	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	7	8	8	13	13	13	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.6 SW	0.4 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	8	8	15	8	14	13	13	9	12	11	10	9	10	10	14	8	8	8	9	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	2.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	8	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	13	10	10	9
Energy(?)	436	319	308	289	312	752	852	1913	1816	1472	1103	1408	1238	1095	963	942	714	742	759	619	520	573
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass
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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:42AM 1.53				1:13PM 1.30				1:39AM 1.49				1:57PM 1.47					2:16AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		6:33PM 0.77				7:14AM 0.69				7:28PM 0.61				7:59AM 0.36					8:06PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	19	19	19	19	21	20	19	18	18	16	16	17	20	20	19	17	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	19	19	19	21	20	19	18	18	16	16	17	20	20	19	17	16	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35
Sunset	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	11	11	8	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	13	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	15	8	8	8	8	14	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 27									Saturday 28
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	427	288	289	289	319	274	438	405	381	308	289	379	379	343	343	384	389	420	476	1123	1183	637
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)											12:42AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)					6:33PM 0.77													7:12AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	18	19	20	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	18	19	20	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	11	11	9	8	9	11	8	8	8	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	4	4	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-