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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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

	Sat	Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24
	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	Santos Reef Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	0	4	4	3	3	3	0	3	3	0	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	0.5 E	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	976	45	1908	1876	1282	928	668	451	389	691	593	854	912	832	1038	2023	1850	1514	4652	3025	1938	1934
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:42AM 1.57		3:46PM 1.65	4:12AM 1.66		4:12PM 1.95	4:38AM 1.98		4:45PM 1.80		5:11AM 1.77	5:17PM 1.96		5:42AM 2.04	5:49PM 1.65		6:15AM 1.76	6:24PM 1.56		6:51AM 1.69	7:03PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	9:32PM 0.22	9:43AM 0.30		10:01PM 0.14	10:05AM 0.47		10:21PM 0.29	10:46AM 0.19		10:57PM 0.05	11:17AM 0.18		11:20PM 0.28	11:44AM 0.40		11:57PM 0.10	12:26PM 0.24		12:30AM 0.18	1:06PM 0.31		1:08AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	20	20	20	19	20	20	18	21	22	19	23	24	21	23	24	21	23	23	21	23	21	18
Low °C	17	19	20	17	18	20	17	19	21	17	19	24	19	21	23	18	20	22	20	22	18	17
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	19	20	20	18	21	22	18	23	24	21	23	24	21	23	23	21	23	21	17
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 E	0.5 SSW	1.0 E	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	7	7	11	15	7	7	11	13	13	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SE	1.6 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-

	Saturday 17			Sunday 18								Monday 19								Tuesday 20
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	2	3	2	4	5	5	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.5 E	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	446	579	464	1136	4030	5109	2225	2915	57	2289	2152	1393	1268	1096	1282	1076	928	778	668	668	603	578
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	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)	3:15PM 1.58				3:40AM 1.82				3:45PM 1.74				4:09AM 1.91				4:16PM 1.70				4:41AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)			9:32PM 0.22				9:33AM 0.54				10:01PM 0.14				10:14AM 0.24				10:29PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	19	18	17	18	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	18	20	20	20	18	18	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	17	16	17	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	18	20	20	20	18	18	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35
Sunset	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 E	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.5 E	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	5	10	11	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 17									Sunday 18
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	2	3	2	4	5	5	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 ESE	1.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	11	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12
Energy(?)	524	530	446	485	596	624	746	492	84	464	1136	976	976	2472	1616	1860	2191	2470	2470	2842	2842	2871
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:15PM 1.58												3:40AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)								9:33PM 0.21												9:43AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.4 SW	0.7 ESE	1.4 SW	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	2.5 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	11	10	10	10	9	9	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	0.6 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	8	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	-	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	10	10	10	4	10	5	10	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	-	-	-