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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	Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thu
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	0	2	1	2	2	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 ESE	2.0 E	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 E	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	7	7	10	12	11	11	10	9	10
Energy(?)	301	273	278	316	414	264	327	273	494	465	805	591	540	797	1102	510	516	245	415	271	328	1119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:52PM 1.65		6:18AM 1.99	6:24PM 1.77		6:49AM 1.86	6:53PM 1.64		7:09AM 1.45	7:17PM 1.26		7:39AM 1.33	7:53PM 1.10		8:28AM 1.16		9:36PM 1.23	10:50AM 1.34		1:00AM 1.03	1:08PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)	11:47AM 0.39		11:56PM 0.14	12:17PM 0.49		12:22AM 0.26	12:47PM 0.61		12:46AM 0.56	1:22PM 0.52		1:16AM 0.56	1:59PM 0.67		1:53AM 0.69		3:23PM 0.98	3:30AM 1.02		6:31PM 0.75		6:52AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	16	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	26	28	22	23	25	22	25	24	22	22	23	22	21	22	21	24	25	22	28	27	23	23
Low °C	23	23	21	22	24	21	22	23	20	21	23	18	19	22	19	21	24	22	25	26	20	21
Chill °C (?)	26	28	22	23	25	22	25	24	22	22	23	22	21	22	21	24	25	22	28	27	23	23
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	7:34	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	7	7	12	6	7	8	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.7 SSE	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	8	5	12	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	-	-	10	10	7	11	11	10	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 ESE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.2 E	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 E	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	-	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	2	4	-	3	5	-	6	6	6	7	7	-	-	-	3	4	-	9

	Thursday 05							Friday 06								Saturday 07
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	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	Santos Reef Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	314	313	340	273	273	386	290	219	238	339	316	427	376	369	364	345	261	239	294	313	389	388
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						5:52PM 1.62				6:13AM 1.73				6:21PM 1.50				6:49AM 1.86				6:49PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)				11:47AM 0.39				11:50PM 0.32				12:23PM 0.28				12:22AM 0.26				12:52PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	23	24	25	28	23	22	22	21	21	22	23	24	24	22	21	21	21	22	24	24	23	22
Chill °C (?)	23	24	25	28	23	22	22	21	21	22	23	24	24	22	21	21	21	22	24	24	23	22
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	9	11	11	10	10	6	6	11	11	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	8	10	11	6	5	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	4	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 SE	0.4 E	-	0.3 E	0.4 SE	-	0.6 S	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	4	4	-	4	5	-	3	4

	Thursday 05																					Fri
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	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	Santos Reef Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	282	366	383	314	489	349	314	304	301	359	389	350	350	245	185	185	279	279	299	366	291	301
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:46AM 2.09												5:52PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)										11:54AM 0.17												11:56PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	27	29	29	26	22	23	22	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	27	29	29	26	22	23	22	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	9	11	12	9	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	12	9	9	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	5	5	5	10	-	-	11	11	11	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	1.2 SE	-	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	5	5	5	-	-	-	5	-	4