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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04
	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	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route
Rating	4	4	6	0	5	5	0	4	5	4	4	4	4	0	4	3	3	3	0	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	0.3 S	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	16	14	14	14	13	12	9	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	11	13	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2178	1808	1883	4665	4644	3456	3192	1763	1233	3186	2250	2337	2568	1588	1857	1532	1103	765	44	1039	1165	1200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:13AM 1.13		8:46PM 1.34	10:19AM 1.44		10:55PM 1.14	11:44AM 1.32		12:11AM 1.52	12:34PM 1.51		12:58AM 1.43	1:15PM 1.70		1:43AM 1.85	1:54PM 1.89		2:22AM 1.98		2:36PM 2.27	3:01AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	1:36AM 0.65		2:31PM 1.02	3:32AM 0.91		5:09PM 0.93		5:08AM 0.60	6:04PM 0.56		6:10AM 0.46	6:53PM 0.38		6:57AM 0.32	7:40PM 0.36		7:39AM 0.19		8:17PM 0.22	8:20AM 0.08		8:54PM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	18	18	16	22	22	20	21	20	17	18	18	16	18	18	15	20	19	16	18	18	17
Low °C	14	16	17	15	17	21	19	20	19	15	17	16	15	16	17	14	18	18	14	16	18	16
Chill °C (?)	15	18	18	16	22	22	20	21	20	16	17	17	15	18	18	14	20	19	16	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	5:31	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	16	14	14	14	13	12	9	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	2.0 ESE	1.5 E	1.1 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.2 E	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	-	8	9	9	10	11	11	10	14	12	12	10	10	13	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	5	6	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 31
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	0	0	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	2498	2427	1756	1508	1421	1398	1808	1838	2021	2195	3533	5147	5681	5375	3972	3807	3277	3219	3430	3192	1775	2053
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	on	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		7:00PM 1.20					8:13AM 1.13				8:42PM 1.10				10:19AM 1.44				10:56PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)				1:24AM 0.85					2:29PM 0.77				3:27AM 0.67				4:46PM 0.74					5:08AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	15	15	14	16	18	18	17	16	15	16	15	17	20	20	22	19	21	20	21	21
Chill °C (?)	17	15	15	15	14	16	18	18	17	16	15	16	15	17	20	20	22	19	21	20	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28
Sunset	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 ESE	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	8	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	14	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	-	0.6 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	8	8	8	-	3

	Tuesday 28									Wednesday 29
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	0	0	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	0.2 E	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2609	2727	2061	1811	1811	1811	2282	2282	2247	1605	2212	8	2143	2115	1421	1421	1753	1725	1398	1808	1398	1838
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						7:03PM 1.45													8:19AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)												1:35AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	16	17	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	16	17	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-