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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	Wed		Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route
Rating	6	0	0	5	0	4	5	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	3	4	0	3	4	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	0.2 E	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	14	14	14	13	12	10	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1934	4951	3933	4058	3257	1709	1490	3418	3345	2361	2869	1396	1152	1535	1294	964	7	1321	1197	981	716	859
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		8:46PM 1.34	10:24AM 1.17		10:56PM 1.38	11:44AM 1.35		12:09AM 1.28	12:34PM 1.79		1:01AM 1.69	1:15PM 1.73		1:41AM 1.58	1:57PM 2.15		2:21AM 1.70		2:34PM 1.96	3:01AM 1.78		3:14PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)	2:31PM 1.02	3:32AM 0.91		5:09PM 0.93		5:08AM 0.61	6:05PM 0.54		6:18AM 0.67	7:01PM 0.55		6:57AM 0.33	7:36PM 0.18		7:42AM 0.37		8:15PM 0.03	8:20AM 0.08		8:54PM -0.07	9:00AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	21	22	21	21	20	17	18	18	16	18	18	15	20	20	17	18	18	17	20	19
Low °C	17	15	17	21	19	20	19	16	16	17	14	15	17	14	18	19	15	17	18	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	18	17	21	22	21	21	20	16	17	17	15	18	17	14	20	20	17	18	18	17	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:26	-
Sunset	6:52	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	12	16	14	14	14	13	12	10	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	2.1 ESE	1.4 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 S
Period (s)	10	10	9	-	8	9	10	10	11	11	10	15	11	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	7	8	6	7	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 29					Thursday 30								Friday 31								Sat
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	0	4	4	5	6	7	6	0	0	0	5	4	5	4	0	0	0	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	13	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	9
Energy(?)	1398	923	2021	2195	3450	5384	6060	5375	3933	3030	2872	3660	2873	3257	1739	1937	1876	1401	1490	1344	3177	3637
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	on	on	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:19AM 1.40				8:46PM 1.34				10:19AM 1.44				10:55PM 1.14					11:44AM 1.32				12:09AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)			2:29PM 0.77				3:28AM 0.66									5:08AM 0.60				6:04PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	18	17	16	16	16	18	21	21	19	19	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	17	16	16	16	18	21	21	18	19	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	13	12	13	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.7 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	1.1 SW	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	17	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	-	0.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	7	8	8	8	-	3	6	6	7	8	9	9

	Wednesday 29															Thursday 30
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	0	4	4	5	6	7	6	0	0	0	5	4	5	4	0	0	0	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1398	788	1808	1421	1421	1753	2047	1990	1763	1958	2019	2621	2722	2926	3450	2680	4617	4251	4251	8195	5895	5744
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:19AM 1.40												8:42PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)							2:29PM 0.75													3:27AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	15	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	15	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15
Sunrise	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.7 SSW	0.2 E	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	10	16	16	16	16	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-