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

	Tue	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach 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
Rating	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	0	0	3	3	3	4	0	0	4	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSE	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	15	17	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	11	11	9	15	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	483	409	605	1643	2605	4340	3922	3095	2457	727	1380	1032	970	890	789	590	1187	1330	1223	825	778	1133
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:55AM 1.52		3:00PM 1.71	3:23AM 1.64		3:30PM 1.68	3:53AM 1.58		4:00PM 1.68	4:23AM 1.56		4:24PM 1.91	4:54AM 1.78		5:00PM 1.55		5:28AM 1.47	5:33PM 1.47		6:07AM 1.67	6:10PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	8:49PM 0.20	8:52AM 0.28		9:15PM 0.19	9:22AM 0.27		9:44PM 0.17	9:51AM 0.27		10:13PM 0.19	10:10AM 0.54		10:35PM 0.41	10:41AM 0.60		11:15PM 0.28	11:27AM 0.43		11:40PM 0.54	11:56AM 0.75		12:30AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	20	17	20	21	17	20	21	17	21	22	19	21	21	19	21	21	17	22	23	19
Low °C	16	18	19	15	18	19	16	19	20	16	18	21	19	20	21	18	19	21	16	20	23	17
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	17	20	21	17	20	21	17	21	22	19	21	21	19	21	21	17	22	23	19
Sunrise	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	9	12	15	17	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	11	16	11	9	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 S	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	7	13	17	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	12	12	11	9	11	15	14	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	-	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	9	-	4	4	4	5	7

	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	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	The Wreck Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	17	17	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	14
Energy(?)	447	526	603	581	591	540	469	503	616	821	1314	1660	1639	1796	2605	3611	4070	4268	3549	3158	3601	3257
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:31PM 1.62				2:55AM 1.55				3:00PM 1.71				3:24AM 1.84				3:30PM 1.68				3:53AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			8:48PM 0.21				8:52AM 0.29				9:11PM 0.38				9:22AM 0.27				9:37PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	18	17	16	18	20	19	19	17	17	16	16	18	20	20	19	17	17	16	16	19
Chill °C (?)	20	18	18	17	16	18	20	19	19	17	17	16	16	18	20	20	19	17	17	16	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11
Sunset	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	9	9	12	12	12	16	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	10	8	8	7	7	7	7	13	13	18	17	17	12	11	19	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 18									Wednesday 19
	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	The Wreck Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	235	462	504	452	482	510	510	506	603	602	465	467	450	356	591	563	555	540	331	320	469	520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:31PM 1.62												2:55AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)							8:49PM 0.20												8:43AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	18	19	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	18	19	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	6	16	16	16	15	15	15	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	7	7	7	7	9	9	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-