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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	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tue
	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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	0	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	0	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	12	11	11	16	9	10	13	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	8	9	16
Energy(?)	685	513	465	335	312	327	1032	1635	2233	1676	1341	2559	3918	3997	3130	1950	1292	1085	781	1406	2009	1994
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:48AM 1.43		9:27PM 0.97	11:05AM 1.05		1:00AM 1.03	1:08PM 1.14		1:55AM 1.15	1:49PM 1.54		2:28AM 1.31		2:30PM 1.46	2:54AM 1.74		3:00PM 1.62	3:24AM 1.61		3:27PM 1.93	3:50AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		3:23PM 0.98	3:20AM 0.82		6:31PM 0.75		6:52AM 0.77	7:46PM 0.61		7:40AM 0.88		8:20PM 0.46	8:29AM 0.50		8:38PM 0.52	8:59AM 0.36		9:14PM 0.18	9:22AM 0.44		9:39PM 0.08	9:56AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	4	8	7	8	4	-	1	10	6	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	25	23	26	25	22	20	19	19	22	21	19	19	19	18	20	22	19	25	28	23	26
Low °C	24	25	22	24	22	21	20	19	19	20	20	18	18	19	17	18	21	18	20	27	22	24
Chill °C (?)	27	25	23	26	25	22	20	19	19	22	21	19	19	19	18	20	22	18	25	28	23	26
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	7:23	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.2 ESE
Period (s)	11	10	12	11	11	10	9	10	13	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 S	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	6	7	5	5	15	14	13	14	16	13	14	13	13	12	12	11	21	20	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SW	-	-	-	0.2 E	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	8	6	7	7	8	9	-

	Tuesday 10							Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 S	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	18	16	16	8	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	743	674	610	545	513	426	503	542	564	330	335	347	312	255	212	353	600	587	965	812	1516	1709
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	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	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:28AM 1.16				9:25PM 0.95					11:05AM 1.05				1:00AM 1.03				12:54PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)					3:11PM 0.75				3:20AM 0.80					6:33PM 0.77				6:52AM 0.77				7:46PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	2	1	2	1	3	1
Temp. °C	23	24	26	25	25	23	23	22	22	24	26	25	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	23	24	26	25	25	23	23	22	22	24	26	25	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SE	0.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	7	10	10	7	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	7	10	10	8	9	14	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	7	7	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	10	5	16	16	15	8	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.4 ESE	1.8 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	9	-	-

	Tuesday 10																					Wed
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SE	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1206	1195	804	742	712	734	703	685	685	538	563	545	563	506	403	430	372	500	517	251	350	374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							8:28AM 1.13													9:36PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)														3:10PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	22	22	22	24	25	26	27	26	27	25	25	25	25	25	24	23	24	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	23	23	22	22	22	24	25	26	27	26	27	25	25	25	25	25	24	23	24	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	7	10	10	10	7	7	7	10	10	10	6	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	10	7	7	7	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	-	-	0.3 W	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	1.4 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	2	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	7	-	-	-