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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	Fri		Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	2	2	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	0	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	3	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 ESE	1.1 SSW	2.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	10	17	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	7	13	7
Energy(?)	726	588	545	252	2007	3515	1933	1646	945	700	552	532	404	339	246	346	329	339	312	706	631	1107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:10PM 1.85	2:43AM 1.84		3:00PM 1.69	3:25AM 2.00		3:40PM 1.76	4:05AM 1.83		4:17PM 1.79	4:40AM 1.84		4:51PM 2.04		5:10AM 2.05	5:22PM 1.71		5:46AM 2.09	5:52PM 1.65		6:18AM 1.99	6:24PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		8:35PM 0.44	8:55AM 0.26		9:15PM 0.32	9:38AM 0.14		9:55PM 0.02	10:16AM 0.08		10:28PM -0.02	10:51AM 0.07		10:53PM 0.20	11:22AM 0.12		11:28PM 0.05	11:47AM 0.39		11:56PM 0.14	12:17PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	26	22	24	24	22	24	24	22	23	24	23	24	24	22	24	24	22	24	21	21	24	25
Low °C	24	20	23	23	20	22	24	20	22	24	22	22	24	21	22	23	21	22	21	20	21	24
Chill °C (?)	26	22	24	24	22	24	24	22	23	24	23	24	24	22	24	24	22	24	21	21	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-
Sunset	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 S	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	10	17	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.5 E	1.3 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	10	8	8	7	8	8	8	11	10	11	9	11	10	6	18	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 W	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	0.7 SE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	6	7	7	7

	Friday 30					Saturday 31								Sunday 01								Mon
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	723	413	726	701	524	588	562	562	495	458	406	563	1054	1996	4175	3817	3515	2290	2412	2425	1385	1271
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:13PM 1.57				2:46AM 1.57				3:00PM 1.65				3:25AM 1.89				3:40PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	8:01AM 0.61				8:35PM 0.44				8:55AM 0.26				9:15PM 0.32				9:38AM 0.15				9:50PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	25	24	22	21	20	21	23	24	24	23	22	21	20	20	22	24	24	24	22	21	21
Chill °C (?)	26	25	24	22	21	20	21	23	24	24	23	22	21	20	20	22	24	24	24	22	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	6	6	6	13	6	6	7	7	7	6	11	19	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 30															Saturday 31
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	755	476	804	876	705	862	788	777	726	637	789	701	565	561	522	694	592	445	576	581	419	420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)							2:13PM 1.57												2:46AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	8:01AM 0.61												8:35PM 0.44
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	24	25	25	25	26	26	26	25	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	20	21	21	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	24	25	25	25	26	26	26	25	24	24	23	22	22	22	22	20	21	21	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	7	12	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	13	6	6	12	12	6	6	6	6	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-