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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	Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Fri
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	0	4	0	0	4	0	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	0	2	4	4	4	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	10	10	14	13	12	11	19	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	14	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1914	1782	669	456	1303	891	787	677	1592	2569	2375	1270	647	787	373	358	360	906	3598	1649	860	651
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		7:39PM 1.26		8:14AM 1.36		8:28PM 1.17	9:08AM 1.28		9:45PM 1.05	10:31AM 1.20		11:31PM 1.30	12:05PM 1.51		1:08AM 1.15	1:17PM 1.28		1:59AM 1.24	1:58PM 1.66	2:04PM 1.41	2:37AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)	1:47PM 0.51		1:41AM 0.49		2:36PM 0.85	2:25AM 0.62		3:41PM 0.70	3:33AM 0.71		5:27PM 0.93		5:18AM 0.93	6:55PM 0.66		7:00AM 0.69	7:39PM 0.74		7:40AM 0.82		8:29PM 0.44	8:37AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	22	24	20	25	25	21	24	25	24	25	26	22	23	23	22	18	18	18	20
Low °C	20	21	18	20	23	20	22	25	20	23	25	21	22	25	21	23	22	18	18	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	22	24	20	25	25	21	24	25	24	25	26	22	23	23	22	17	18	18	20
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	7:44	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.0 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	13	11	10	10	14	7	12	11	11	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	14	12	12	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 SW	1.1 E	0.8 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	13	7	7	8	11	9	9	16	15	8	8	8	8	10	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 E	1.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	-	-	-	6	12	-	-	-

	Friday 09							Saturday 10								Sunday 11
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route
Rating	5	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	21
Energy(?)	3040	2803	2453	2572	1525	1592	1262	1005	549	760	456	793	1080	1780	1654	1318	1243	1058	444	674	695	1028
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	on	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:31AM 1.51				7:39PM 1.29					8:25AM 1.67				8:28PM 1.17				9:23AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)				1:47PM 0.50				1:41AM 0.49					2:36PM 0.85				2:28AM 0.79				3:41PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	20	21	20	20	18	18	17	20	22	23	22	21	21	20	20	22	25	25	24	21
Chill °C (?)	19	20	20	21	20	20	18	18	17	20	22	23	22	21	21	20	20	22	25	25	24	21
Sunrise	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.6 SW	1.3 ESE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	7	12	7	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	1.5 S	2.0 S	1.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	9	11	11	11	12	7	12	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.8 E	0.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 E	1.5 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	4	8	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-

	Friday 09																					Sat
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route
Rating	5	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 S	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	13	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2803	3044	2795	3038	2034	2723	2803	2495	2644	2482	1798	1766	1631	1890	1782	1826	1316	977	719	1277	1151	594
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)						7:31AM 1.54												7:39PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)												1:43PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	18	19
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 S	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	13	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.8 SW	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.9 S	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	0.2 E	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	7	11	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	3