Garden Route Surf

Garden Route Surf Forecast

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

	Tue	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	0	0	0	0	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	10	8	9	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	14	13	13	10	12	12
Energy	1209	2105	2831	3193	3228	2846	3588	3686	3513	2150	1346	1121	1016	1113	1411	1021	1146	1225	1070	1090	1400	1407
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:00AM 1.57		5:28PM 1.69		5:33AM 1.48	6:05PM 1.66		6:08AM 1.42	6:46PM 1.42		6:49AM 1.53	7:34PM 1.59		7:44AM 1.46		8:29PM 1.38	8:52AM 1.40		9:35PM 1.39	10:10AM 1.39		10:45PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)	10:53PM 0.38	11:03AM 0.38		11:16PM 0.59	11:48AM 0.32		12:07AM 0.48	12:25PM 0.36		12:51AM 0.53	12:58PM 0.57		1:45AM 0.56	1:52PM 0.64		2:50AM 0.58		3:00PM 0.68	4:04AM 0.55		4:17PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	8	17	15	15	7	4	9	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	3	1
High °C	16	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	13	15	18	15	16	17	15	14	14	14	15	15	15
Low °C	15	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	14	11	12	18	13	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13
Chill °C	15	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	14	12	15	18	15	16	17	15	14	13	12	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	10	13	12	12	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	14	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.5 SSW	-	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	14	8	12	-	12	11	11	11	11	14	10	9	8	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	4.0 SE	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	9	10	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	10	-	-

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	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	Groenvlei Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	4	1	4	4	4	0	5	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSW	3.0 SE	1.8 SW	3.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE
Period(s)	11	8	8	10	8	13	8	13	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
Energy	816	1094	874	1209	1217	1773	2105	3097	2831	2826	2944	3193	3088	2983	3228	3167	2846	3291	3335	3588	3720	4004
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:54PM 1.55				5:00AM 1.57					5:28PM 1.69				5:27AM 1.69				6:05PM 1.45				6:08AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)			10:53PM 0.39					11:14AM 0.29				11:16PM 0.59				11:49AM 0.31				12:07AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	2	3	4	12	9	9	7	3	4	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	1	3
Temp. °C	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13
Chill °C	18	16	15	15	14	14	12	12	11	12	11	12	12	13	14	14	12	13	13	13	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26
Sunset	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE
Period (s)	11	9	8	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	10	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 WSW	1.8 S	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	15	14	14	11	8	13	12	-	12	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.3 SE	1.9 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Tuesday 02									Wednesday 03
	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	The Wreck Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	4	1	4	4	4	0	5	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	3	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 S	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	8	8	13	13	13	8	8	8	8
Energy	530	468	816	600	676	1094	1094	789	874	823	1080	1209	1201	1160	1150	1222	2191	1773	1569	2026	2105	2112
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			4:54PM 1.55												4:53AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)									10:53PM 0.39													11:03AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	5	4	3
High °C	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Chill °C	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	8	8	11	8	12	11	11	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	10	10	14	11	12	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	0.4 ESE	-	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE
Period (s)	5	5	11	5	8	8	8	-	8	-	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8