Garden Route Surf

Garden Route Surf Forecast

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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Garden Route Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Robberg 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	6	5	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	13	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	8	12	11	13	12
Energy	1851	5157	3220	5081	5921	5175	3659	3063	2228	1373	1063	671	1050	1014	710	675	559	1462	1576	1178	1203	789
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:31PM 1.54		1:43AM 1.79		2:09PM 1.45	2:16AM 1.55		2:43PM 1.48	2:50AM 1.60		3:16PM 1.52	3:22AM 1.85		3:48PM 1.50	3:55AM 1.61		4:21PM 1.54	4:22AM 1.80		4:54PM 1.55	5:00AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		7:28PM 0.45		8:05AM 0.33		8:06PM 0.40	8:37AM 0.28		8:41PM 0.37	9:08AM 0.24		9:03PM 0.48	9:38AM 0.23		9:47PM 0.33	10:10AM 0.23		10:07PM 0.50	10:41AM 0.26		10:53PM 0.38	11:14AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	4	-	-
High °C	18	19	16	18	19	16	17	18	17	20	20	17	22	22	25	28	22	18	16	15	15	15
Low °C	16	17	16	16	17	15	15	17	15	16	18	17	17	21	21	24	17	16	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	19	16	18	19	16	17	18	17	20	20	17	22	22	25	28	22	18	16	14	14	14
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	13	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	8	12	11	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.3 SE	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 E	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	18	11	-	-	-	-	7	7	6	6	5	5	6	-	6	8	8	11	15	14	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	1.7 E	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	0.6 NNW	0.4 WSW	2.2 SW	-	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	3	8	-	4	5	-

	Tue	Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	16	14	14	13	13	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Energy	1302	1124	1109	1109	1851	2229	5157	5356	5389	3220	3937	3499	5081	5655	5921	6128	5714	5175	4593	4037	3659	3643
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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 Tide / height (m)		1:03AM 1.74				1:31PM 1.54				1:43AM 1.79					2:09PM 1.45				2:16AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)				7:32AM 0.54				7:28PM 0.45					8:05AM 0.33				8:06PM 0.41				8:37AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	16	18	19	17	16	16	16	16	16	18	19	17	16	16	16	15	15	17	18
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	16	18	19	17	16	16	16	16	16	18	19	17	16	16	16	14	15	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	16	14	14	13	13	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.1 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	18	9	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Tuesday 26	Wednesday 27
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	12	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	18	19	18	18	18	18
Energy	1042	1302	1302	1230	1170	1124	1093	1063	1109	1077	1046	1109	1016	1851	1851	1851	3042	3088	4008	4174	5157	5274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)						1:03AM 1.74												1:31PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)												7:32AM 0.54
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	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	19	19	17	18	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	19	19	17	18	18	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	19	18	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	16	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	18	18	18	18	13	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-