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.

Garden Route Surf Forecast

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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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Garden Route Wavefinder

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	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	11	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	10	13	14	13	12	11	11	11	14	14
Energy(?)	2085	3110	1903	1584	1227	673	546	286	332	293	256	244	226	609	1018	1120	1031	611	544	258	833	1804
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:12PM	2:18AM		2:47PM	2:52AM		3:21PM 2:12PM	3:28AM		3:55PM	3:55AM		4:28PM	4:36AM		5:05PM		5:11AM		3:32AM	3:57PM	1:05PM
Low Tide / height (m)	7:58PM 8:01AM	8:06PM	8:33AM		8:43PM	9:10AM		9:18PM	9:44AM		9:42PM	10:09AM 7:58PM		10:29PM	10:43AM		10:55PM	11:28AM	11:03PM	8:18AM		11:32PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	2	3	6	13	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	12	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	16	14	18	20	17	21	22	19	22	26	21	23	24
Low °C	13	12	13	14	14	13	14	13	12	14	14	15	18	17	17	20	18	17	23	19	20	18
Chill °C (?)	12	10	14	13	14	13	12	14	14	16	14	18	20	17	21	22	19	22	26	21	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 ESE	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	10	9	10	9	10	13	14	13	12	11	11	11	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.8 SW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.7 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 SW	1.1 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 S	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	12	14	12	11	12	12	10	9	10	12	9	10	9	9	8	14	8	10	10	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	3	5

	Wed	Thursday 19								Friday 20								Sat
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	2404	3154	2085	1087	3024	3110	3341	2993	1903	1774	1584	1320	1066	1227	1109	1270	673	695
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:12PM 1.57				2:18AM 1.54				2:47PM 1.63				2:50AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	8:01AM 0.50			7:58PM 0.57	8:06PM 0.47				8:38AM 0.31				8:33PM 0.54				9:05AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	-	-	3	2	1	3	3	2	1	3	-	1	-	1
Temp. °C	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	15	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	11	10	11	12	11	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	1.9 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	15	14	14	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 E	1.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	12	14	15	14	13	13	12	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	2.4 S	-	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	10	10	10	-	-