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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	Fri	Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	4	7	9	8	5	5	5	0	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.7 ESE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	9	12	15	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	8	12	12	12	15	14	14
Energy(?)	548	346	325	395	2305	6403	8557	7764	7135	4447	2745	2843	1491	1203	700	787	890	590	960	930	1360	1300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:37AM 1.76		4:54PM 1.88		5:02AM 1.71	5:18PM 1.57		5:28AM 1.56	5:47PM 1.69		5:54AM 1.72	6:16PM 1.56		6:22AM 1.57	6:54PM 1.43		6:57AM 1.19	7:49PM 1.08		8:18AM 1.07		10:49PM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)	10:26PM 0.12	10:48AM 0.11		10:44PM 0.32	11:12AM 0.19		11:10PM 0.41	11:38AM 0.29		11:37PM 0.54	12:00PM 0.55		12:06AM 0.68	12:33PM 0.68		12:47AM 0.66	1:28PM 0.67		1:57AM 0.79		3:27PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	19	22	21	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	20	16	22	23	23	29	32	24	23	21	19
Low °C	19	19	20	17	18	18	15	16	17	16	16	18	15	17	21	20	24	32	22	21	20	17
Chill °C (?)	19	22	21	19	19	18	18	17	16	17	18	20	15	22	23	23	29	32	24	23	21	19
Sunrise	-	6:45	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.8 E	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	9	11	9	12	15	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	8	9	9	12	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 ESE	0.8 SW	1.0 S	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	11	9	9	9	10	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	7	11	11	12	12	16	11	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 03			Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Monday 06
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Lookout 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	7	9	9	9	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	12	11	13	15	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1119	1019	579	548	677	526	346	446	325	291	266	395	630	1391	2028	3238	6403	8821	8830	8557	8225	7618
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:27PM 1.66				4:36AM 1.80				4:54PM 1.88					5:05AM 1.96				5:18PM 1.57				5:27AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)			10:19PM 0.25				10:41AM 0.27				10:44PM 0.32					11:12AM 0.19				11:17PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	19	19	18	19	22	21	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	15	16
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	19	18	19	22	21	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	16	16	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43
Sunset	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 E	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	11	11	11	6	9	10	12	11	13	15	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 SW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.5 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	14	9	10	11	11	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 03									Saturday 04
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Lookout 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	5	7	9	9	9	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1230	1201	737	728	954	917	637	908	579	549	548	548	521	480	475	596	573	526	538	488	478	473
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			4:28PM 1.94												4:40AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)									10:19PM 0.25												10:47AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-