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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Garden Route Wavefinder

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	Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sun
	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	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route
Rating	0	4	4	3	3	3	0	3	3	0	4	3	2	4	0	5	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	13	12	12	12	13	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	45	1914	1876	1282	934	666	445	710	900	676	698	735	507	926	2414	3018	2546	3774	4020	4013	2333	2530
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:46PM 1.65	4:12AM 1.66		4:15PM 1.79	4:41AM 1.73		4:44PM 1.97		5:09AM 2.03	5:17PM 1.70		5:42AM 1.78	5:49PM 1.65		6:15AM 1.76	6:24PM 1.56		6:51AM 1.69	7:10PM 1.70		7:32AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	9:43AM 0.30		10:01PM 0.14	10:15AM 0.23		10:29PM 0.08	10:37AM 0.42		10:50PM 0.27	11:10AM 0.39		11:26PM 0.06	11:50AM 0.19		11:57PM 0.10	12:26PM 0.24		12:26AM 0.40	1:06PM 0.31		1:05AM 0.50	1:54PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	18	20	20	18	21	21	20	23	24	20	23	24	20	23	19	19	19	19	18	22
Low °C	18	20	17	18	20	17	18	21	17	19	23	19	20	22	19	21	19	17	18	19	16	18
Chill °C (?)	20	21	18	20	20	18	21	21	20	23	24	20	23	24	20	23	18	19	19	19	18	22
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	13	12	12	6	13	12	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	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	0.4 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 E	1.3 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 S	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	10	12	6	15	11	12	10	12	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	-	-	3	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 18							Monday 19								Tuesday 20
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River 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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	7	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.5 E	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	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	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1616	2565	6109	3007	56	2414	1481	1393	1274	1097	1282	1072	934	778	668	666	586	500	621	1212	475	639
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off
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)	3:42AM 1.57				3:45PM 1.74				4:09AM 1.91				4:16PM 1.70				4:41AM 1.73				4:44PM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)			9:43AM 0.30				9:52PM 0.34				10:14AM 0.24				10:29PM 0.08				10:45AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	19	20	19	18	18	17	17	18	20	20	20	18	18	17	17	18	19	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	16	18	18	20	19	18	18	17	17	18	20	20	20	18	18	17	17	18	19	21	20	20
Sunrise	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	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	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.6 E	0.4 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	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 S	1.4 SE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	10	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	5	5

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	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River 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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	7	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 E	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1361	1509	1616	1780	64	2565	5007	4995	2139	2140	6059	2672	2673	2606	2479	2480	2375	1713	2252	1616	1481	1821
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross	glass	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:42AM 1.57												3:46PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)								9:33AM 0.54												9:52PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	17	18	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	16	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 E	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	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	-	-	12	12	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-