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 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms 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 Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	0	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	17	18	16	15	13	13	12	10	11	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	1276	912	1298	839	740	707	735	454	565	671	1397	1957	2366	721	1102	764	3670	2191	1401	2971	2198	3659
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)	7:56PM 1.76		8:21AM 1.47		8:51PM 1.35	9:47AM 1.12		10:45PM 1.51	11:53AM 1.37		12:38AM 1.30	1:26PM 1.31		1:40AM 1.67		2:16PM 1.48	2:29AM 1.59		2:55PM 1.63	3:07AM 1.65		3:29PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)		2:09AM 0.67		2:13PM 0.53	3:30AM 0.61		3:55PM 0.84		5:51AM 0.80	6:15PM 0.65		7:14AM 0.51	7:34PM 0.68		8:07AM 0.54		8:28PM 0.37	8:47AM 0.23		9:07PM 0.24	9:20AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	17	18	15	18	18	16	23	21	15	19	17	14	16	17	15	14	15	13	19	16
Low °C	16	13	13	17	14	14	18	15	16	18	15	15	15	12	12	17	12	13	14	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	16	14	17	18	15	18	18	16	23	21	15	19	16	14	16	17	14	13	14	13	19	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-
Sunset	5:57	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.2 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	15	16	15	13	13	12	10	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	-	-
Period (s)	6	9	12	12	8	7	11	11	18	17	18	8	9	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	2.0 SW	-	-	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	8	-	9	-	-	6	10	-	-	10	10	11

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	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.9 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1280	1089	1030	1226	1090	1210	1035	1255	1272	1013	912	779	666	692	709	878	771	676	765	610	578	502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)				7:44PM 1.52					8:21AM 1.47				9:04PM 1.60				9:48AM 1.14				10:45PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)		1:15PM 0.52					2:09AM 0.67				2:13PM 0.53				3:40AM 0.80				3:53PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	16	15	15	14	13	14	18	17	17	14	15	14	14	14	18	18	18	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	15	14	14	13	12	13	18	17	17	13	15	14	14	14	18	18	18	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SE	1.9 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	9	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	7	12	12	11	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	4	5	4	8	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5

	Friday 15															Saturday 16
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1484	1494	1280	1627	1570	1426	1074	1048	1030	1176	1249	1237	971	834	912	1116	1174	1175	1348	1392	1485	1352
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												7:44PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)						1:17PM 0.36													2:08AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	16	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	11	12
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	9	13	13	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5