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

	Mon	Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03
	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	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	5	0	5	5	0	4	5	0	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	12	16	14	14	14	13	12	10	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	4905	3083	1976	2050	1696	1837	4334	4462	3992	3257	1796	917	2420	3891	2956	1905	1542	1410	1167	1381	1153	1125
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:49AM 1.21	7:00PM 1.20		8:13AM 1.13		8:42PM 1.10	10:24AM 1.19		10:56PM 1.38	11:42AM 1.60		12:11AM 1.52	12:34PM 1.79		12:58AM 1.43	1:15PM 1.70		1:43AM 1.85	1:55PM 1.86		2:21AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	12:32AM 0.53	12:51PM 0.68		1:37AM 0.62		2:29PM 0.77	3:27AM 0.67		4:46PM 0.74		5:20AM 0.82	6:16PM 0.75		6:18AM 0.67	6:54PM 0.36		6:57AM 0.32	7:40PM 0.36		7:39AM 0.19		8:15PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	19	15	18	18	17	22	21	20	22	21	17	18	18	16	17	18	15	18	18	16
Low °C	13	15	17	14	16	18	16	18	20	19	20	19	16	17	17	14	15	16	14	16	17	14
Chill °C (?)	14	17	19	15	18	18	17	22	21	20	22	21	16	17	17	16	16	18	15	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SSW	3.5 SW	0.5 E	0.3 E	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	12	16	14	14	14	13	12	10	11	10	13	12	12	11	11	11	11
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	-	2.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.1 E	0.7 E	-	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	-	8	9	10	10	-	-	10	10	10	11	9	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	5	6	-	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 27			Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	16	13	16	15
Energy(?)	5968	5723	5413	5170	4344	3761	3209	2760	2498	1811	1630	1485	1313	1291	1696	1696	1837	1790	3719	3753	5330	4839
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
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)		6:11PM 1.32				6:49AM 1.21				7:03PM 1.45					8:13AM 1.11				8:46PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)				12:33AM 0.52				12:51PM 0.70				1:24AM 0.85					2:29PM 0.77				3:27AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	15	15	14	13	16	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	16	19	19	18	17	17	16	15	18
Chill °C (?)	18	14	14	13	12	16	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	16	19	19	18	17	17	16	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30
Sunset	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	16	13	16	15
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	1.6 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 27									Tuesday 28
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	4730	5250	5968	6136	5808	5723	5723	5249	5027	3900	3701	3647	3457	3340	4438	3942	3942	2663	2523	3393	3209	3209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)					6:11PM 1.32												6:49AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)											12:24AM 0.72
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	18	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	16	17	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	17	16	14	14	15	15	15	13	14	14	14	12	13	15	16	17	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	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	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)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-