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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	Thu	Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.8 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.3 E
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	6	7	8	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	8
Energy(?)	559	709	1117	529	447	424	286	195	120	294	262	835	2017	468	400	413	610	1081	803	480	1291	1425
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		7:30AM 1.79	7:44PM 1.59		8:14AM 1.49		8:50PM 1.51	9:34AM 1.74		10:00PM 1.22	10:41AM 1.47		11:34PM 1.22	12:02PM 1.49		12:48AM 1.60	1:10PM 1.91		1:52AM 1.45		2:09PM 1.68	2:42AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	12:54AM 0.55	1:39PM 0.71		1:43AM 0.39		2:39PM 0.51	2:50AM 0.70		4:13PM 0.76	3:59AM 0.55		5:22PM 0.48		5:27AM 0.53	6:46PM 0.59		6:47AM 0.63	7:42PM 0.28		7:53AM 0.34		8:33PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	21	19	21	21	19	22	24	20	25	26	20	25	24	21	22	24	20	24	25	22
Low °C	19	20	20	18	20	21	18	20	23	19	22	25	20	22	23	20	21	22	19	21	25	20
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	18	21	21	19	22	24	20	25	26	20	25	24	21	22	24	20	24	25	22
Sunrise	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.4 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	2.1 ESE
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	-	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	7	10	9	9	-	9	9	10	-	9	15	14	9	9	9	-	9	10	-	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 E	-	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.8 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.3 E
Period (s)	6	7	9	6	9	5	6	5	5	6	7	8	9	-	8	8	7	8	8	7	8	8

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	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	Brak River 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	607	854	670	604	612	747	709	898	663	898	549	598	638	577	447	323	408	343	282	297	313	211
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	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 Tide / height (m)		6:52PM 1.68				7:22AM 1.53				7:33PM 1.37					8:26AM 1.76				8:36PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)				12:57AM 0.31				1:39PM 0.71				1:43AM 0.39					2:49PM 0.75				2:42AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	19	19	18	20	21	21	20	19	19	18	19	20	21	21	21	19	18	18	18	20
Chill °C (?)	21	20	19	19	18	20	21	21	20	19	19	18	19	20	21	21	21	19	18	18	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20
Sunset	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	7	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSE	1.1 SW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 E	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	7	11	7	7	7	10	-	7	7	9	9	6	6	-	-	9	9	-	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.5 E	-	-	0.8 E	1.2 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	-	7	7	9	5	9	6	6	9	9	9	5	5	5	6	6	5	6

	Thursday 25									Friday 26
	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	Brak River 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	0	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	719	752	607	867	792	792	854	670	670	668	566	604	590	572	555	619	614	685	747	860	874	709
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					6:45PM 1.44													7:21AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)											12:56AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	22	21	21
Chill °C (?)	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	22	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	10	-	10	10	10	7	11	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	-	0.8 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	-	7	7	7	7