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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point 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
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	4	6	8	7	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	11	12	15	15	14	13	13	14	13	12	12	11
Energy(?)	516	766	747	954	1537	734	816	597	297	806	1951	2631	5731	7601	6291	4059	3629	3477	1963	1240	779	684
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:44AM 1.88		4:01PM 1.96	4:11AM 1.86		4:28PM 1.94	4:36AM 1.80		4:53PM 1.65		5:02AM 1.71	5:18PM 1.57		5:29AM 1.85	5:47PM 1.69		5:53AM 1.44	6:16PM 1.56		6:22AM 1.57	6:54PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	9:34PM 0.08	9:58AM 0.04		10:00PM 0.09	10:23AM 0.06		10:26PM 0.12	10:47AM 0.12		10:51PM 0.19	11:12AM 0.19		11:10PM 0.41	11:32AM 0.43		11:43PM 0.39	12:05PM 0.40		12:06AM 0.68	12:33PM 0.68		12:41AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	23	23	27	23	19	20	20	19	19	19	17	18	19	17	21	21	19	28	30	29
Low °C	19	20	22	21	22	22	19	19	20	17	17	18	16	18	19	15	16	20	17	21	28	26
Chill °C (?)	20	22	23	23	27	23	19	20	20	19	19	19	17	18	19	17	21	21	19	28	30	29
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 ESE	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 ESE	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	9	13	12	12	11	11	10	11	12	15	15	14	13	13	14	13	12	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.6 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 S	0.6 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 ESE	1.2 S	1.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	12	12	17	11	13	12	7	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 E	-	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	-	2

	Wednesday 01			Thursday 02								Friday 03								Saturday 04
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	12
Energy(?)	641	623	510	516	685	572	766	674	747	1213	1044	1333	1077	1203	1145	1226	1086	628	607	558	553	500
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	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)	3:32PM 1.71				3:44AM 1.88				4:00PM 1.72				4:14AM 2.10				4:27PM 1.66				4:40AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)			9:30PM 0.24				9:58AM 0.04				10:00PM 0.09				10:17AM 0.23				10:19PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	19	19	20	19	20	22	23	22	20	21	21	23	23	24	22	21	20	20	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	19	19	20	19	20	22	23	22	20	21	21	23	23	24	22	21	20	20	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45
Sunset	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.0 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	13	12	12	9	9	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 E	1.0 SW
Period (s)	9	14	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	12	13	13	13	10	9	9	11	12	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	-	5	5

	Wednesday 01									Thursday 02
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	674	640	568	638	625	485	651	580	585	568	530	516	463	532	532	687	646	572	572	572	568	559
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:32PM 1.71												3:46AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)								9:34PM 0.09												9:53AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	22	20	19	19	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	21	22	22	23
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	20	19	19	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	20	21	22	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	14	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-