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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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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri		Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Fri
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point 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
Rating	2	2	3	4	0	0	4	0	0	3	2	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	12	13	13	12	12	11	6	17	16	14	13	13	16	15	15	15	14	13
Energy(?)	320	267	430	623	1876	2305	2239	1215	504	591	476	351	468	482	398	365	989	1384	2020	2033	1561	1782
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:39AM 1.25	12:54PM 1.45		1:21AM 1.61	1:33PM 1.87		1:55AM 1.69		2:01PM 1.58	2:26AM 1.50		2:31PM 1.66	2:55AM 1.55		3:01PM 1.68	3:24AM 1.84		3:29PM 1.98	3:53AM 1.62		4:00PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	6:43PM 0.51		6:36AM 0.50	7:26PM 0.62		7:17AM 0.63	7:55PM 0.54		7:51AM 0.38		8:22PM 0.25	8:22AM 0.33		8:49PM 0.20	8:52AM 0.29		9:11PM 0.38	9:12AM 0.48		9:44PM 0.18	9:51AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	18	18	18	18	19	17	19	20	17	20	22	19	21	22	19	21	23	19	22	24
Low °C	20	17	17	18	16	17	18	15	17	19	16	18	21	18	20	21	18	19	21	18	20	21
Chill °C (?)	22	19	18	18	18	17	19	16	18	20	16	20	22	19	21	22	18	21	23	18	22	24
Sunrise	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-
Sunset	7:10	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	16	14	13	13	12	15	15	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.3 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	1.0 SSW	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	9	10	16	11	-	8	8	10	8	17	10	7	7	7	16	-	8	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.9 E	1.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	3	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	5	6	6	6

	Friday 14					Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Mon
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	271	231	461	385	248	231	323	340	430	531	623	1065	1807	2034	2303	3183	2305	1986	1853	1905	1481	1505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	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	high
High Tide / height (m)		12:09PM 1.39				12:39AM 1.51				12:54PM 1.45				1:21AM 1.34				1:33PM 1.87				1:55AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)				6:49PM 0.71				6:40AM 0.71				7:22PM 0.41				7:18AM 0.44				7:53PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	20	19	19	18	17	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	18	19	18	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	22	21	20	19	19	18	16	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	15	17	18	17	15	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.7 E	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	10	7	8	7	10	7	9	7	10	12	10	10	10	11	11	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	-	9	6	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	4	4

	Friday 14															Saturday 15
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	362	389	657	293	322	322	324	322	224	414	202	202	199	264	278	263	229	231	231	406	406	301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)					12:09PM 1.68												12:39AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)											6:43PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	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	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	21	22	22	22	21	21	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	21	22	21	22	22	22	21	21	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17
Sunrise	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	11	11	11	6	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 SW
Period (s)	6	11	11	11	6	6	6	6	11	10	10	10	10	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	4