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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	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	9	0	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	0.2 E	5.5 SW	-	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	12	11	10	11	11	10	13	-	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	13
Energy(?)	1003	676	2817	5950	3785	1300	3263	3946	14	15576	0	13155	16702	11453	3621	3031	2565	2003	1463	975	1228	1027
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:16PM 1.48	2:30AM 1.55		2:55PM 1.63	3:07AM 1.65		3:29PM 1.75	3:39AM 1.78		4:00PM 1.82	4:12AM 1.95		4:29PM 1.85	4:39AM 1.71		4:56PM 1.83		5:06AM 1.67	5:23PM 1.78		5:32AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	8:08AM 0.36		8:28PM 0.36	8:45AM 0.42		9:07PM 0.24	9:20AM 0.12		9:40PM 0.17	9:50AM 0.06		10:06PM 0.30	10:17AM 0.04		10:39PM 0.11	10:43AM 0.06		11:06PM 0.13	11:08AM 0.11		11:26PM 0.38	11:33AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	16	15	15	14	18	19	15	17	18	13	15	15	14	14	15	13	17	20	16	18
Low °C	13	18	14	14	15	13	14	16	13	15	15	12	12	14	12	12	14	11	12	18	14	14
Chill °C (?)	19	19	16	14	14	13	18	19	15	16	17	10	14	14	12	13	14	12	17	20	16	18
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	0.4 E	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	13	12	10	12	11	10	11	11	11	12	-	-	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	-	9	9	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	11	10	16	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	-	0.8 W
Period (s)	-	-	11	12	11	-	11	11	-	13	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	4

	Wednesday 20							Thursday 21								Friday 22
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs 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 Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	8	8	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1223	1119	1003	477	676	605	1692	2817	7550	7393	5950	2651	3785	3480	1449	1300	1234	1281	1436	5414	3946	4988
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					2:16PM 1.48				2:29AM 1.62				2:55PM 1.63				3:07AM 1.65				3:28PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)			8:08AM 0.36				8:28PM 0.36				8:47AM 0.22				9:07PM 0.24				9:20AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	19	22	18	15	16	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	17	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	19	22	18	15	16	14	13	12	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	14	16	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 E	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 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	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	-	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	9	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	11	11	11

	Wednesday 20																					Thu
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs 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 Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	8	8	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	11	9
Energy(?)	1355	1336	1223	741	1205	1119	1019	1018	765	988	899	212	811	762	676	615	605	605	656	1639	1018	1692
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)													2:16PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)							8:08AM 0.36												8:28PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	14	13	13	16	18	18	20	20	21	19	19	18	16	15	15	15	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	14	12	12	16	18	18	20	20	21	19	19	18	16	15	15	14	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 E	1.6 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	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	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	0.4 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	11	9