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 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			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	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River 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	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	0	3	0	0	4	2	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.1 SW	3.0 ESE	3.0 E	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	13	8	8	13	12	12	18	16	16	14	13	13	11	11	12	11	10	10	9
Energy(?)	450	702	847	795	1729	2388	1508	705	821	792	952	1721	1361	1006	674	920	1623	1067	800	434	196	100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:20PM 2.03		5:50AM 1.86	6:06PM 1.83		6:40AM 1.48	7:00PM 1.34		7:49AM 1.35		8:17PM 1.44	9:22AM 1.53		10:06PM 1.11	11:03AM 1.30		11:39PM 1.41	12:09PM 1.68		12:39AM 1.25	12:56PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	11:07AM 0.17		11:35PM 0.18	11:42AM 0.55		12:22AM 0.34	12:52PM 0.50		1:19AM 0.48		2:02PM 0.89	2:34AM 0.84		4:06PM 0.69	4:20AM 0.62		5:56PM 0.83		5:51AM 0.80	6:42PM 0.56		6:40AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	22	24	19	22	23	21	25	25	20	23	23	19	22	22	20	20	20	17	21	20	18	17
Low °C	20	21	18	20	22	19	24	24	18	20	21	17	20	21	16	18	19	15	19	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	22	24	18	22	23	21	25	25	20	23	23	19	22	22	20	20	20	17	21	20	18	17
Sunrise	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16
Sunset	-	7:01	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 E	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	10	15	14	13	13	8	8	8	8	11	16	16	14	13	13	11	11	12	11	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 E	0.9 SW	1.2 S	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	10	-	-	18	15	13	12	12	8	13	12	9	9	13	12	15	12	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 E	1.9 E	-	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.8 ESE	-	0.6 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	-	4	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	4

	Saturday 08							Sunday 09								Monday 10
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Kanon Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	4	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ESE	2.1 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	1.6 SSW	2.4 E	2.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	14	13	14	13	7	8	8	8	15	8	8	8	8	12	12
Energy(?)	506	1000	484	501	637	887	975	879	876	856	795	1168	1438	1820	1794	1714	2085	1604	683	552	804	618
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low-ebb	mid-flow	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)		5:04AM 1.98				5:19PM 1.75				5:48AM 1.62				6:05PM 1.56				6:44AM 1.72				7:01PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)								11:35PM 0.17				11:42AM 0.55				12:22AM 0.33				12:52PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	20	22	21	20	19	18	18	18	20	22	22	20	20	21	20	21	24	26	24	24	22
Chill °C (?)	17	20	22	21	20	19	18	18	18	20	22	22	20	20	21	20	21	24	26	24	24	22
Sunrise	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.8 ESE	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	8	10	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	15	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	18	10	16	10	10	9	-	8	8	-	-	-	18	16	16	-	14	13	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	2.1 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.4 E	2.1 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 08																					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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Kanon Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	4	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	548	1093	550	537	497	975	931	454	454	472	501	501	564	642	702	791	787	864	723	731	1009	877
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)				5:04AM 1.98												5:19PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)										11:07AM 0.18												11:27PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	18	18	21	21	22	23	22	22	21	21	22	21	20	19	19	19	19	18	19
Chill °C (?)	16	18	18	18	18	21	21	22	23	22	22	21	21	22	21	20	18	18	18	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.9 ESE	0.7 SW	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	8	10	8	8	7	7	10	10	10	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-
Period (s)	18	10	18	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	-	-	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE
Period (s)	7	8	7	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7