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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	Sat	Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07
	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	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	3	3	0	2	2	0	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 ESE	0.8 SW	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	12	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	11	10	10
Energy(?)	1866	2783	2424	1176	748	777	514	469	394	324	287	413	272	452	400	537	722	732	484	321	350	342
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)	3:28AM 1.69		3:40PM 1.80	4:04AM 2.10		4:17PM 1.79	4:38AM 1.98		4:51PM 2.04		5:13AM 1.88	5:22PM 1.71		5:44AM 1.83	5:55PM 1.89		6:18AM 1.99	6:21PM 1.50		6:41AM 1.60	6:49PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)	9:18PM 0.11	9:38AM 0.15		9:50PM 0.24	10:15AM 0.10		10:27PM -0.02	10:45AM 0.28		10:59PM -0.01	11:24AM 0.10		11:28PM 0.05	11:54AM 0.17		11:50PM 0.32	12:17PM 0.49		12:22AM 0.26	12:52PM 0.39		12:48AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	25	25	22	25	25	23	25	25	22	25	25	23	24	26	23	25	25	23	22	25	22
Low °C	21	23	25	21	22	25	22	23	23	22	22	23	22	23	24	22	23	25	21	22	24	21
Chill °C (?)	22	25	25	22	25	25	23	25	25	22	25	25	23	24	26	23	25	25	23	22	25	22
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 ESE	0.8 SW	1.4 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	17	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	12	6	10	10	10	12	12	7	7	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.5 E	-	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	-	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	10	8	-	5	5	8	8	11	11	10	11	11	11	16	6	14	10	-	11	11	20	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	0.8 E	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	-	1.3 ESE	-	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	-	-	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	6	6	6	-	6	-	7	6	7	7	7	-	-	7	6

	Saturday 31			Sunday 01								Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating	2	3	4	4	5	5	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.5 E	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	18	17	16	16	8	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12
Energy(?)	407	557	1050	1960	4005	3817	32	1194	1989	2232	1928	1474	1426	1225	748	683	585	636	643	530	564	444
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	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	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:00PM 1.65				3:25AM 1.89				3:39PM 2.03				4:05AM 1.83				4:16PM 2.06				4:40AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)			9:18PM 0.11				9:37AM 0.15				9:55PM 0.02				10:11AM 0.30				10:28PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	22	22	22	22	22	24	25	24	22	21	21	20	22	25	25	24	24	23	22	21	23
Chill °C (?)	24	22	22	22	22	22	24	25	24	22	21	21	20	22	25	25	24	24	23	22	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	0.3 E	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 SW	0.5 E	0.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	19	18	10	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	-	5	5	5	8	8	8	16	7	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	4	5	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	8	5	6	6

	Saturday 31									Sunday 01
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating	2	3	4	4	5	5	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	19	10	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16
Energy(?)	466	405	359	249	660	523	275	750	994	905	1991	1990	2190	2445	2487	2728	2763	3817	3768	3768	3600	3514
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:00PM 1.65													3:27AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)								9:15PM 0.32												9:38AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	24	23	22	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	24	24	25
Chill °C (?)	24	23	24	23	22	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	24	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	18	18	10	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	19	19	19	10	10	18	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.7 SE	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	6	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-