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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	Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			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	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	16	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	12	11	13	13	16	15
Energy(?)	754	952	1028	1564	1173	938	1046	737	608	665	439	419	338	456	854	714	849	1026	4281	3468	4980	4811
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	glass	glass	off	on	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	on	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:49PM 1.08		8:15AM 1.28		10:49PM 1.08	11:22AM 1.08		12:21AM 1.21	12:35PM 1.22		1:01AM 1.60	1:18PM 1.37		1:37AM 1.58	1:55PM 1.52				2:30PM 1.65	2:43AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	1:28PM 0.65		1:48AM 0.99		3:27PM 0.75		5:03AM 0.81	5:42PM 0.85		6:34AM 0.66	6:42PM 0.53		7:17AM 0.48	7:21PM 0.38		7:52AM 0.30	7:55PM 0.24		8:26AM 0.13		8:30PM 0.12	9:00AM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-
High °C	27	28	24	28	25	21	21	23	20	21	21	19	21	23	21	29	24	19	17	17	17	22
Low °C	25	27	24	26	21	21	20	21	18	19	21	17	18	21	19	23	21	17	17	17	16	18
Chill °C (?)	27	28	24	28	25	21	21	23	20	21	21	19	21	23	21	29	24	19	17	17	17	22
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	12	8	13	13	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.1 SW	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 E	1.5 SW	0.3 E	0.9 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	16	10	10	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	15	14	6	7	7	11	7	18	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 E	0.9 E	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.9 E	1.5 E	0.6 W	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 E	-
Period (s)	-	8	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	6	3	5	-	-	-	4	-

	Wed	Thursday 09								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1047	953	660	618	754	663	952	764	927	1028	1189	1092	1564	1380	1373	1231	1068	1020	1116	1148	1046	1172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				6:59AM 1.42				7:58PM 1.31					8:18AM 1.07				10:49PM 1.06					11:22AM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)		12:47AM 0.66				1:27PM 0.69				1:57AM 0.79					3:27PM 0.75					5:03AM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	29	26	25	25	27	27	27	24	24	24	24	26	28	28	24	21	21	22	21	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	29	26	25	25	27	27	27	24	24	24	24	26	28	28	24	21	21	22	21	21	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	17	16	16	11	5	10	10	10	9	16	16	16	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09
	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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1109	970	809	804	896	887	874	726	878	829	826	618	763	761	754	753	712	600	660	955	952	950
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											6:57AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)					12:47AM 0.66													1:27PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	26	26	26	27	26	26	27	25	24	25	27	27	27	27	28	25	27	27	27	26
Chill °C (?)	26	26	26	26	26	27	26	26	27	25	24	25	27	27	27	27	28	25	27	27	27	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8