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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	Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tue
	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	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	0	0	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	0	4	0	0	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	19	16	15	14	13	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1450	1874	1742	2270	2060	1617	1464	1535	1138	892	762	708	510	481	484	1906	2396	536	763	761	409	382
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	9:51AM 1.35		10:58PM 1.39	11:45AM 1.63		12:50AM 1.22	1:13PM 1.40		1:57AM 1.40		2:13PM 1.57	2:46AM 1.57		2:59PM 1.78	3:28AM 1.69		3:40PM 1.80	4:05AM 1.83		4:17PM 1.79	4:40AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)		4:56PM 0.82		5:06AM 0.84	6:33PM 0.53		6:52AM 0.55	7:47PM 0.40		8:04AM 0.41		8:37PM 0.23	8:52AM 0.47		9:18PM 0.11	9:38AM 0.14		9:55PM 0.02	10:16AM 0.08		10:23PM 0.20	10:45AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	21	22	22	20	22	24	21	25	26	23	23	23	22	24	25	22	25	24	23	27
Low °C	21	22	19	20	21	20	20	24	20	23	25	22	22	22	21	22	25	21	22	24	22	25
Chill °C (?)	23	23	21	22	22	20	22	24	21	25	26	23	23	23	22	24	25	22	25	24	23	27
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	16	15	14	13	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	-	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28								Thursday 29
	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 Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck 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	Santos Reef Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	0.4 E	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1289	1047	1052	1112	1428	1690	1777	1998	2090	2091	2228	2163	1686	22	2161	2161	1996	2059	2058	1986	1464	1313
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:03PM 1.18				9:51AM 1.35				10:59PM 1.12					11:46AM 1.40				12:50AM 1.22				1:10PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			3:07AM 0.78				4:39PM 0.58				4:58AM 0.64					6:32PM 0.52				6:52AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	20	22	23	23	22	21	20	19	19	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	22	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	22	23	23	22	21	20	19	19	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5

	Monday 26			Tuesday 27
	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 Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck 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	Santos Reef Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.5 E	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1254	986	997	1013	1311	1332	1425	1206	1300	1300	1320	1319	1157	38	1450	1450	1504	1690	1690	1800	1472	1610
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		9:13PM 1.44												9:51AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)								3:04AM 0.59													4:56PM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	20	21	20	20	20	19	19	20	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	20	21	20	20	20	19	19	20	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-