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

	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.9 SE	1.7 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	11
Energy	2844	2546	1777	1222	1020	822	1167	1275	1102	1205	1186	1011	1242	873	808	1079	1228	1426	1059	525	610	356
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:46PM 1.42		6:49AM 1.53	7:33PM 1.39		7:40AM 1.28		8:32PM 1.58	8:52AM 1.40		9:39PM 1.60	10:07AM 1.18		10:45PM 1.44	11:26AM 1.23		11:52PM 1.53	12:33PM 1.35		12:52AM 1.63	1:31PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	12:25PM 0.36		12:51AM 0.53	12:58PM 0.57		1:44AM 0.57	1:57PM 0.47		2:56AM 0.76		3:00PM 0.68	4:18AM 0.72		4:08PM 0.52		5:18AM 0.47	5:20PM 0.49		6:23AM 0.37	6:31PM 0.53		7:20AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	13	14	17	14	17	19	18	16	16	15	16	18	15	20	22	17	20	21	15	16
Low °C	12	14	11	12	15	13	14	18	16	14	16	14	14	17	13	14	19	15	15	17	13	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	14	17	14	17	19	18	16	14	14	16	18	14	20	22	17	20	21	14	16
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.9 SE	1.7 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	14	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 SW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SW	1.2 S	1.1 SSE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	9	12	11	11	11	11	10	13	8	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	1.4 SW	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	7	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	13
Energy	2551	3163	3235	2948	2844	2781	2546	3162	1942	1777	1711	1670	1222	1066	1020	907	647	822	1011	1129	1167	1355
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:08AM 1.42				6:46PM 1.42				6:49AM 1.35				7:33PM 1.39				7:40AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)		12:07AM 0.47				12:25PM 0.36				12:51AM 0.53				12:58PM 0.57				1:44AM 0.57				1:57PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	12	15	15	14	13	13	12	11	12	14	17	15	14	15	13	13	14	17	19
Chill °C (?)	13	12	11	10	14	14	13	12	13	12	10	11	14	17	15	14	15	13	12	14	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	15	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 SW	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	4	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04			Friday 05
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy	2465	2507	2551	2500	2542	3163	2881	3106	3235	3030	3054	2948	2995	2953	2844	2892	2787	2781	2775	2754	2546	2458
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											6:08AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)				11:56PM 0.64													12:25PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SW	-	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-