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

	Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Mon
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	0	0	9	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	16	18	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	570	540	786	2890	1828	1397	1004	553	222	1716	2013	813	1028	1130	3657	2841	6729	6617	3686	3557	2659	2683
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross	off	on
High Tide / height (m)	12:04PM 1.15		12:38AM 1.30	1:26PM 1.31		1:40AM 1.67		2:12PM 1.70	2:30AM 1.55		2:53PM 1.85	3:06AM 1.88		3:29PM 1.71	3:40AM 1.71		4:00PM 1.82	4:10AM 1.73		4:29PM 1.85	4:39AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		6:15PM 0.65		7:14AM 0.51	7:34PM 0.68		8:07AM 0.54		8:28PM 0.36	8:45AM 0.42		9:04PM 0.42	9:17AM 0.32		9:41PM 0.16	9:45AM 0.26		10:11PM 0.11	10:17AM 0.04		10:39PM 0.11	10:43AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	16	18	17	15	19	20	16	18	17	15	17	16	15	18	16	13	13	14	12	13
Low °C	16	17	15	15	16	13	14	17	16	15	15	14	14	16	12	14	14	11	10	13	10	11
Chill °C (?)	22	22	16	18	16	15	19	20	16	18	16	15	17	15	15	17	14	10	13	13	12	12
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	6:02	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.2 E	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	16	15	14	13	12	7	11	11	10	10	10	13	12	10	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 E	1.4 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	18	16	18	10	9	10	10	7	12	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	-	-	-	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 SW	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	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	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	18	16	16	16	18	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	643	566	516	605	570	571	540	626	577	786	1131	1523	1965	3708	1828	1125	1747	1397	1224	1120	1004	899
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	10:45PM 1.25					11:53AM 1.37				12:30AM 1.55				1:26PM 1.28				1:44AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)				5:40AM 0.62				6:14PM 0.82				7:15AM 0.68				7:34PM 0.68					8:08AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	16	22	22	17	16	15	16	15	15	18	18	17	15	14	13	13	14	19	19
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	16	22	22	16	16	14	16	15	15	18	18	17	15	14	12	12	13	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	11	14	14	18	18	16	16	16	18	14	9	10	10	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	-	-	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	-	-	-	2	3	-	4	4	4	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 17			Monday 18
	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	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	18	18	18	17	17	17	16
Energy(?)	698	629	643	574	507	486	486	477	516	412	503	495	495	431	558	528	603	629	620	644	633	692
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	off
High Tide / height (m)			10:45PM 1.25													11:53AM 1.37	12:04PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)										5:51AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	18	20	21	22	20	20	19	19	18	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	18	20	21	22	20	20	19	19	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	3	3	3