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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	Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Sat
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Inner Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	7	4	4	0	8	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	16	18	16	14	13	13	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	13
Energy(?)	1177	944	965	721	564	490	565	525	774	2078	1487	752	845	630	2652	2326	5605	1074	2884	2988	5088	6918
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:21AM 1.47		9:04PM 1.60	9:47AM 1.12		10:45PM 1.51	11:53AM 1.37		12:38AM 1.30	1:26PM 1.31		1:44AM 1.46		2:16PM 1.48	2:30AM 1.55		2:56PM 1.59	3:07AM 1.61		3:28PM 1.98	3:40AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		2:12PM 0.69	3:40AM 0.80		3:54PM 0.69		5:51AM 0.80	6:16PM 0.66		7:14AM 0.51	7:38PM 0.51		8:08AM 0.36		8:28PM 0.36	8:47AM 0.22		9:07PM 0.24	9:17AM 0.32		9:37PM 0.34	9:45AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	15	18	19	16	22	22	16	18	18	15	18	18	16	16	18	15	17	15	14	17
Low °C	14	17	13	14	18	16	16	17	15	14	16	14	14	18	14	13	16	14	15	15	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	17	15	18	19	16	22	22	16	18	18	15	18	18	16	16	18	15	16	12	12	16
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58
Sunset	-	5:59	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	0.4 E	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	16	14	13	13	12	11	10	12	11	10	10	10	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.8 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	6	12	14	18	16	18	10	10	6	10	10	10	-	10	10	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	4	5	-	8	-	-	-	11	11	12	-	11	11	12	13

	Saturday 16							Sunday 17								Monday 18
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	18	16	16
Energy(?)	1148	1247	1064	1024	944	782	845	1022	964	932	721	640	564	679	663	585	522	649	565	621	525	636
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:21AM 1.47				9:04PM 1.60				9:47AM 1.12				10:45PM 1.25					11:53AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)	2:09AM 0.67				2:13PM 0.55				3:30AM 0.61				3:53PM 0.67					5:39AM 0.61				6:14PM 0.82
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	17	17	17	16	15	14	13	14	18	18	18	15	15	15	16	17	22	22	17	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	17	16	17	16	15	14	13	14	18	18	18	14	15	15	16	17	22	22	16	16
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	7	6	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	18	18	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	-	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	-	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	-
Period (s)	5	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	5	6	6	-	10	4	-

	Saturday 16																					Sun
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	985	1096	1148	1354	1416	1247	1242	1255	1203	1153	1111	992	1001	999	988	929	907	873	782	833	845	811
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	on	cross- off	off	on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							8:21AM 1.47													9:04PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	2:09AM 0.67												2:13PM 0.53
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	13	13	13	13	14	13	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	13	12	14	16	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	-	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-