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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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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	0	3	2	3	3	3	0	3	0	0	3	2	2	3	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 SW	1.0 ESE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	11	8	13	12	12	19	18	16	15	13	9	10	10	12	12	11	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	478	431	427	372	484	355	498	399	787	674	978	794	983	734	547	471	549	464	489	1129	1073	1088
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:10PM 1.62		1:52AM 1.45		2:08PM 1.71	2:44AM 1.62		2:58PM 2.05	3:29AM 1.98		3:45PM 1.83	4:13AM 2.05		4:27PM 1.78	4:55AM 1.80		5:07PM 1.73		5:36AM 2.06	5:46PM 1.60		6:14AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		7:42PM 0.28		7:53AM 0.34		8:35PM 0.17	8:48AM 0.23		9:17PM 0.29	9:37AM 0.15		9:58PM 0.25	10:16AM 0.36		10:43PM 0.02	11:05AM 0.14		11:20PM 0.05	11:39AM 0.43		11:56PM 0.12	12:26PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	21	23	23	21	23	24	20	23	23	21	22	23	19	23	23	22	23	24	21	24
Low °C	21	23	20	21	23	20	21	23	19	21	22	19	21	22	17	20	22	18	21	23	19	22
Chill °C (?)	23	24	21	23	23	21	23	24	20	23	23	21	22	23	19	23	23	22	23	24	21	24
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.3 SW	1.1 S	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	9	12	12	8	9	10	15	6	13	12	10	12	12	11	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.7 S	0.9 SW	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	13	9	8	12	18	16	9	10	9	6	12	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	9	10	5	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

	Wednesday 31							Thursday 01								Friday 02
	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	Groenvlei Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River 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	Brak River Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 ESE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	8	10	10	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	19
Energy(?)	502	515	446	443	469	560	444	358	397	446	470	549	479	552	542	521	517	500	357	492	518	623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:11PM 1.58				1:47AM 1.73					2:07PM 1.99				2:44AM 1.58				2:59PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		6:47AM 0.46				7:42PM 0.28				7:53AM 0.34					8:35PM 0.17				8:43AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	21	22	23	23	21	20	19	19	21	22	23	22	20
Chill °C (?)	20	21	23	23	22	21	21	20	20	21	22	23	23	21	20	19	19	21	22	23	22	20
Sunrise	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	8	12	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 SW	1.0 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	9	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	10	9	9	9	8	8	12	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 31																					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	Groenvlei Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River 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	Brak River Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	11	11
Energy(?)	484	493	413	422	519	515	469	435	435	446	476	437	452	490	464	461	484	505	374	495	444	435
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)												1:10PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)					6:47AM 0.46													7:42PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	23	24	23	23	24	24	22	22	22	21	20	21	20	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	23	24	23	23	24	24	22	22	22	21	20	21	20	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-