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.

Garden Route Surf Forecast

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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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Garden Route Wavefinder

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	Wed	Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	14	11	13	11	10	12	11	14	17
Energy(?)	1438	2469	3257	1697	2472	2551	1693	1604	1381	1065	682	338	214	277	254	591	579	517	1031	846	822	4358
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:45AM	6:11PM	5:27PM	6:31AM	7:08PM		7:24AM		8:19PM	8:50AM		10:08PM	10:50AM		11:35PM 5:45AM	12:11PM		3:46PM	1:21PM	11:46PM
Low Tide / height (m)	11:21PM	11:50AM		12:18AM	12:34PM		1:16AM	1:45PM		2:44AM 11:31PM		3:12PM	4:49AM		5:03PM		6:16AM	6:16PM	6:25AM	6:24PM		6:21AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	3	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	15	12	13	14	14	16	17	14	19	21	18	22	23	17	18	19	15	19	18	17
Low °C	13	14	14	11	12	14	13	12	15	13	13	19	17	19	19	15	15	17	15	15	18	15
Chill °C (?)	14	16	13	10	11	12	13	16	17	13	19	21	18	22	23	17	18	19	15	19	18	17
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	2.5 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	14	11	13	11	10	12	11	11	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.1 SW	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.4 SSW	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	11	22	11	20	-	11	10	10	10	10	16	15	10	13	9	11	11	10	10	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	0.9 E	-	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	-	11	11	-	-	-	4	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 30			Thursday 01								Friday 02
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1943	1119	1638	1438	512	1256	2469	3343	3257	3443	3045	1697	2767	2536	2472	2334	2551	1714
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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)		5:29PM 1.88				5:45AM 1.91				6:11PM 1.52				6:29AM 1.46				7:08PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)				11:31PM 0.22				11:59AM 0.23				12:05AM 0.55				12:34PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	2	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	14	13	13	17	15	14	13	13	11	12	12	13	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	16	14	13	12	12	16	13	12	11	11	9	10	9	11	13	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	2.0 SSW	0.4 E	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.4 SW	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	7	10	11	10	22	10	10	11	11	20	20	11	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	-	2.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.3 NW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-
Period (s)	12	-	12	11	8	3	11	11	11	12	12	-	11	11	11	11	11	-