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

	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Fri
	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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms 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	Robberg Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	7	9	7	8	6	5	0	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.4 S	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.1 SW	1.3 ESE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	8	12	15	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	11	7	8	13	9	16	15
Energy(?)	1475	744	673	560	327	621	2143	6732	8557	6753	8453	4313	2909	3223	1460	915	997	977	1002	653	854	799
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:27PM 1.70	4:40AM 2.05		4:54PM 1.88		5:02AM 1.67	5:20PM 1.80		5:29AM 1.85	5:47PM 1.69		5:53AM 1.47	6:12PM 1.34		6:22AM 1.57	6:54PM 1.43		6:59AM 1.42	7:58PM 1.31		8:18AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)	10:23AM 0.06		10:19PM 0.25	10:41AM 0.27		10:51PM 0.19	11:12AM 0.18		11:10PM 0.41	11:32AM 0.43		11:43PM 0.39	12:04PM 0.41		12:11AM 0.51	12:33PM 0.68		12:41AM 0.84	1:20PM 0.82		1:48AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	21	19	20	21	19	19	19	17	18	18	17	18	19	16	22	23	26	32	35	30	32
Low °C	23	20	19	19	20	17	17	18	16	16	18	15	16	17	15	16	23	23	28	29	25	29
Chill °C (?)	24	21	19	20	21	19	19	19	17	17	17	17	18	19	15	22	23	26	32	35	30	32
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46
Sunset	-	6:23	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	11	7	12	15	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	8	9	9	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 S	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 E	1.0 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms 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	Keurbooms 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
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	10	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1138	1277	1050	1035	1024	1219	1102	665	573	530	514	531	515	441	506	291	252	621	557	1346	1864	3179
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:14AM 2.10				4:27PM 1.66				4:40AM 2.05				4:53PM 1.61					5:05AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	10:00PM 0.08				10:17AM 0.23				10:19PM 0.25				10:47AM 0.11				10:44PM 0.32					11:12AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	23	24	22	22	20	20	19	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	17	17	17	19	19
Chill °C (?)	25	23	24	22	22	20	20	19	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	17	17	17	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	7	10	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	-	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	8	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 02			Friday 03
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms 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	Keurbooms 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
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	970	926	803	873	837	1277	1329	1050	1050	1038	1038	1386	1393	1388	1475	1012	954	871	800	782	744	904
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)									4:14AM 2.10												4:28PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		10:00PM 0.09													10:23AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	23	24	25	25	25	23	24	25	24	23	22	23	23	22	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	23	24	25	25	25	23	24	25	24	23	22	23	23	22	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 E	1.5 SW	1.5 E	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	9	12	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 SW	1.4 E	1.4 SW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	12	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-