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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thu
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	9	0	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 S	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	6.0 SSE	5.0 SSE	4.5 SSE
Period(s)	12	17	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	15	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12
Energy	1447	3395	3247	2468	2006	1774	1922	1399	909	653	733	377	577	324	860	610	1255	1820	2980	11335	7092	5619
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	glass	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:06PM 1.60	3:16AM 2.00		3:35PM 1.84	3:44AM 1.98		4:03PM 1.62	4:11AM 1.70		4:32PM 1.59	4:39AM 1.60		5:02PM 1.74		5:05AM 1.79	5:33PM 1.66		5:34AM 1.69	6:09PM 1.58		6:09AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	9:03AM 0.15		8:58PM 0.35	9:25AM 0.28		9:25PM 0.34	9:56AM 0.13		10:01PM 0.23	10:23AM 0.17		10:30PM 0.27	10:43AM 0.34		10:59PM 0.34	11:13AM 0.41		11:20PM 0.59	11:45AM 0.50		11:56PM 0.70	12:22PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	9	62	9
High °C	18	18	16	17	20	19	23	24	20	25	24	19	21	21	17	18	18	16	17	17	16	16
Low °C	15	17	13	14	19	17	18	21	19	20	21	18	18	20	16	15	17	15	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	17	20	19	23	24	20	25	24	19	21	21	16	18	18	16	16	16	14	15
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 S	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	6.0 SSE	5.0 SSE	4.5 SSE
Period (s)	12	17	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	10	14	10	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SSE	0.7 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.1 SE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 SW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	11	11	10	10	9	12	11	11	11	10	10	13	12	12	11	13	12	16	-	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	0.7 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	15	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 30								Friday 01								Saturday 02
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	12	14	17	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy	2257	2047	1614	1187	1086	1625	3395	4316	4481	4024	3486	3258	1896	1853	2425	1096	1848	1774	1637	1349	1136	1017
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:48AM 1.98				3:06PM 1.60				3:14AM 1.75				3:35PM 1.63				3:44AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)	8:35PM 0.25				9:00AM 0.31				9:05PM 0.22				9:25AM 0.28				9:25PM 0.34				9:49AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	15	15	17	18	17	16	15	14	13	14	18	20	17	17	18	19	18	18	23	25
Chill °C (?)	12	12	15	15	17	18	17	16	15	13	12	14	18	20	17	17	18	19	18	18	23	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	17	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	10	13	13	9	11	14	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	17	17	17
Energy	2632	2427	1977	1791	1904	1859	2018	1812	1724	1729	1596	1623	1197	1086	1447	984	1698	1625	1625	3723	3723	4038
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)							2:45AM 1.74													3:07PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	8:35PM 0.25												9:00AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	16
Chill °C (?)	14	12	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	10	10	13	14	14	14	14	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-