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

	Sun	Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route
Rating	4	3	3	3	0	3	3	0	4	3	2	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	10	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1876	1449	928	605	451	505	887	665	872	790	861	896	2093	4029	4076	4193	3004	2329	2195	1238	1054	620
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:12AM 1.62		4:16PM 1.70	4:41AM 1.73		4:44PM 1.97		5:12AM 1.73	5:17PM 1.66		5:42AM 1.78	5:49PM 1.65		6:15AM 1.76	6:24PM 1.60		6:56AM 1.96	7:03PM 1.48		7:32AM 1.62	7:52PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	10:01PM 0.13	10:14AM 0.24		10:29PM 0.08	10:37AM 0.42		10:57PM 0.05	11:17AM 0.18		11:20PM 0.28	11:50AM 0.19		11:57PM 0.10	12:26PM 0.24		12:26AM 0.40	1:03PM 0.54		1:07AM 0.30	1:54PM 0.43		1:55AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	20	18	20	22	19	23	24	20	23	23	21	20	19	19	22	22	19	21	22	20
Low °C	18	18	20	17	18	21	17	20	23	19	21	22	19	19	19	16	18	21	17	19	22	19
Chill °C (?)	18	20	20	18	20	22	19	23	24	20	23	23	21	20	19	19	22	22	19	21	22	20
Sunrise	-	5:33	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	10	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 E	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	1.2 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	15	7	7	10	6	6	6	7	11	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	-	0.7 WSW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	5	6	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 18			Monday 19								Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21
	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	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	13	13	12
Energy(?)	2840	2414	2152	1876	1274	1103	1282	1333	1079	568	666	648	542	588	523	526	529	518	615	887	873	833
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:47PM 1.61				4:09AM 1.91				4:17PM 1.66				4:41AM 1.73				4:44PM 1.97					5:11AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)			10:01PM 0.14				10:14AM 0.24				10:29PM 0.08				10:45AM 0.20				10:57PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	18	21	21	21	19	18	17	17	20
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	18	21	21	21	19	18	17	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37
Sunset	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	7	14	7	7	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	5	5	5	5	5

	Sunday 18									Monday 19
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2912	2606	2608	2480	1832	1833	2376	2482	2376	1481	2023	1876	1789	1760	1574	1274	1121	1399	1376	1282	1282	1261
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		3:46PM 1.65													4:11AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)									10:01PM 0.13												10:14AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	20
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-