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 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	6	7	8	8	8	9	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	1123	836	1005	1434	1494	879	657	698	424	363	352	363	379	1161	849	703	655	923	763	632	663	869
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	on	on	off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:55PM 1.86		2:21AM 1.70		2:34PM 2.00	3:01AM 1.81		3:14PM 2.00	3:40AM 1.80		3:55PM 1.97	4:22AM 2.06		4:37PM 2.19		5:04AM 1.98	5:19PM 1.72		5:48AM 1.58	6:05PM 1.53		6:44AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			8:15PM 0.03	8:20AM 0.08		8:54PM -0.07	9:00AM 0.02		9:33PM -0.10	9:37AM 0.19		10:08PM 0.14	10:16AM 0.26		10:53PM 0.04	10:57AM 0.38		11:35PM 0.17	11:55AM 0.32		12:11AM 0.54	12:37PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	23	23	18	18	19	16	20	20	18	19	20	16	21	22	18	26	23	21	27	26	26	23
Low °C	18	20	16	17	18	15	18	20	17	18	18	15	17	22	17	21	21	19	23	25	22	22
Chill °C (?)	23	23	18	18	19	16	20	20	17	19	20	15	21	22	18	26	23	21	27	26	26	23
Sunrise	5:26	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:18
Sunset	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	10	8	9	8	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	13	12	12	21	8	19	18	17	16	14	13	8	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 ESE	1.8 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	5	6	6	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	3	4

	Sun	Monday 03								Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05
	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	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1403	1227	1174	1117	986	1044	1034	1088	1121	1005	1296	1018	1207	769	1494	1037	1304	1163	1062	1011	657	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	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 Tide / height (m)		1:41AM 1.58				1:54PM 1.89					2:21AM 1.70				2:34PM 1.96				3:01AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)				7:39AM 0.19					8:15PM 0.03				8:20AM 0.25				8:54PM -0.07				8:58AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	18	22	23	22	16	16	16	16	17	18	19	18	16	15	15	14	18	20	20
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	18	22	23	22	16	16	16	16	17	18	19	18	16	15	15	14	18	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.3 S	1.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	12	11	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	12	13	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 02			Monday 03
	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	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1427	1403	1403	1403	1136	1136	771	774	774	894	1127	888	872	506	1123	829	1123	1097	1117	1117	836	773
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)						1:41AM 1.61												1:55PM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)												7:42AM 0.37
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	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	16	18	20	22	24	24	23	23	23	22	20	19
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	16	18	20	22	24	24	23	23	23	22	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-