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

	Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			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	The Wreck Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Kanon Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	2	5	0	4	4	3	0	3	1	2	4	0	4	4	0	0	3	2	2	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.2 SW	2.1 ESE	1.6 E	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	15	12	11	11	10	6	6	9	9	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	528	430	1207	2741	1940	1629	505	722	526	161	302	642	2013	1869	1175	790	857	726	475	490	650	702
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	1:17PM 1.28		1:59AM 1.24			2:37AM 1.38		2:42PM 1.49	3:08AM 1.61		3:16PM 1.54	3:41AM 1.61		3:41PM 1.90	4:11AM 1.69		4:16PM 1.73	4:41AM 1.73		4:44PM 1.97		5:09AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		7:50PM 0.54		7:56AM 0.59		8:29PM 0.44	8:37AM 0.47		9:01PM 0.36	9:11AM 0.39		9:32PM 0.22	9:42AM 0.34		10:01PM 0.14	10:14AM 0.24		10:29PM 0.08	10:45AM 0.20		10:57PM 0.06	11:10AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	11	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	22	18	18	18	22	23	21	22	20	20	20	20	19	21	21	19	21	21	20	22
Low °C	21	23	19	18	18	17	19	23	19	21	20	19	20	20	19	20	21	17	19	21	19	20
Chill °C (?)	23	23	22	18	18	18	22	23	21	22	20	20	20	20	19	21	21	19	21	21	20	22
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	7:43	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 E	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SE	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 S
Period (s)	11	11	8	12	11	11	10	10	7	9	9	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.9 SSE	0.5 S	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 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
Period (s)	8	9	13	10	10	11	8	7	6	6	6	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	1.6 SE	0.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.6 E	0.4 WSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	15	-	-	9	6	6	6	3	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Tue	Wednesday 14								Thursday 15								Friday 16
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Groenvlei Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Kanon Overberg	Dias Beach Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	3	4	5	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	15	14	13	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	606	571	520	515	151	423	474	510	1585	3217	1407	6031	1458	914	1652	1647	1461	1367	836	635	553	450
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:08AM 1.12				1:17PM 1.31				1:59AM 1.26				1:58PM 1.66	2:04PM 1.41				2:38AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)				7:00AM 0.69				7:50PM 0.54				7:57AM 0.61					8:29PM 0.44				8:37AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	19	21	24	24	23	21	21	21	21	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	19	21	22
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	21	24	24	23	21	21	21	21	17	18	18	18	18	16	16	18	19	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	15	14	13	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	10	10	12	-	8	8	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	1.6 SE	1.1 ESE	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	5	12	-	-	-	-	12	9	5	6	6	6

	Tuesday 13	Wednesday 14
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Groenvlei Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Kanon Overberg	Dias Beach Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	3	4	5	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	636	626	606	605	196	474	647	520	475	466	534	469	186	182	426	426	423	430	430	351	430	351
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)					12:59AM 1.37	1:08AM 1.15												1:17PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)											6:58AM 0.68
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	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	22	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	23
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	22	24	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-