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

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	Sat		Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	4	7	9	8	5	5	5	0	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	12	15	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	15	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	288	416	2474	6441	9132	7768	7022	4171	2991	2988	1613	1062	724	871	843	843	979	1161	1329	1246	765	1439
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:54PM 1.88		5:02AM 1.71	5:20PM 1.80		5:25AM 1.74	5:42PM 1.59		5:54AM 1.72	6:12PM 1.34		6:22AM 1.57	6:46PM 1.21		6:57AM 1.19	7:49PM 1.08		8:15AM 1.28		10:49PM 1.04	11:22AM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)		10:44PM 0.32	11:12AM 0.19		11:10PM 0.41	11:34AM 0.34		11:37PM 0.54	12:00PM 0.55		12:11AM 0.52	12:33PM 0.68		12:47AM 0.66	1:28PM 0.67		1:57AM 0.79		3:27PM 0.73		5:03AM 0.81	5:44PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	17	18	20	16	23	24	22	27	26	24	31	25	20	20	21
Low °C	20	17	18	18	16	16	18	16	16	18	16	17	21	20	23	24	22	23	20	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	18	20	15	23	24	22	27	26	24	31	25	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:50	-
Sunset	6:23	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	11	9	12	15	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	15	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.2 E	1.5 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	11	12	7	8	8	16	11	11	11	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 SW	1.8 S
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	7

	Saturday 04					Sunday 05								Monday 06								Tue
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	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	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	7	5	9	9	9	8	8	5	5	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.8 ESE	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	11	11	7	9	11	12	12	13	15	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	346	175	388	285	304	685	1452	1696	2194	3783	6441	7115	9296	9132	8225	7306	7608	6363	7436	6877	5412	4332
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	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)			4:53PM 1.65				5:00AM 1.86	5:05AM 1.96				5:20PM 1.80				5:27AM 1.60				5:44PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	10:41AM 0.27				10:44PM 0.32					11:12AM 0.19				11:17PM 0.28				11:32AM 0.43				11:43PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	19	20	19	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	18	18	18	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	22	21	19	20	19	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	16	15	16	18	17	18	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	11	5	7	9	11	12	12	13	15	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	9	11	9	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 04															Sunday 05
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	2	1	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	5	7	5	9	9	9	8	8	5	5	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	381	219	478	318	316	302	302	325	325	388	387	287	387	351	351	360	253	416	590	572	818	1117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									4:54PM 1.88													5:02AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)			10:47AM 0.11												10:51PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	22	22	22	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	20	21	22	22	22	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.8 ESE	1.1 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	9	9	11	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	11	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 E	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	11	9	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	10	9	11	8	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	-	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-