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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			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 Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	0	3	3	0	4	0	2	5	4	5	5	1	4	4	4	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1282	928	548	474	551	887	761	984	846	863	887	4862	3976	4604	75	2786	1930	1541	1323	1263	1050	828
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:16PM 1.70	4:38AM 1.98		4:46PM 1.71		5:11AM 1.77	5:17PM 1.70		5:42AM 1.78	5:49PM 1.65		6:14AM 1.79	6:29PM 1.82		6:50AM 1.73	7:03PM 1.48		7:33AM 1.59	7:52PM 1.31		8:41AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	10:14AM 0.24		10:21PM 0.29	10:37AM 0.42		10:57PM 0.05	11:17AM 0.18		11:26PM 0.06	11:50AM 0.19		11:57PM 0.10	12:25PM 0.25		12:26AM 0.40	1:05PM 0.32		1:07AM 0.30	1:54PM 0.42		1:55AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	18	21	21	19	23	22	20	23	23	20	20	21	29	22	23	20	22	22	20	22
Low °C	18	20	17	19	21	17	20	22	18	20	21	19	19	20	25	19	21	18	20	21	17	19
Chill °C (?)	20	20	18	21	21	19	23	22	20	23	23	20	20	21	29	22	23	20	22	22	20	22
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	7:40	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.4 E	0.5 E	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	11	6	6	7	11	11	12	19	12	12	4	11	6	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 E	-	0.9 SW	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	6	6	6	-	4	9	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 19								Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	11	11	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2152	1876	1274	1103	1282	1054	928	776	666	648	599	648	607	442	491	511	615	887	871	836	849	651
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
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	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:09AM 1.91				4:16PM 1.70				4:41AM 1.73				4:44PM 1.97					5:11AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	10:01PM 0.14				10:14AM 0.24				10:29PM 0.08				10:45AM 0.20				10:57PM 0.06					11:10AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	18	18	20	20	20	18	18	17	17	19	20	21	21	19	18	17	17	20	23	23
Chill °C (?)	18	17	18	18	20	20	20	18	18	17	17	19	20	21	21	19	18	17	17	20	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	11	11	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	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	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.1 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.4 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	6	14	7	6	5	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 ESE	1.5 SE	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 E	1.2 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6

	Sunday 18			Monday 19
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2376	2152	1592	1481	2023	1876	1789	1760	1653	1653	1574	1473	1376	979	923	1176	1072	1037	1037	1019	859	641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									4:12AM 1.66												4:16PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)															10:05AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	18	19	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	18	19	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	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 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 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
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-