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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	Thu	Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	9	9	11	11	11	13	10	12	9	11	9	14	13	14	14	13	12	12
Energy(?)	517	458	257	367	388	1053	1344	679	769	670	469	434	168	206	133	331	658	639	873	1498	1434	952
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:12PM 1.17	12:01PM 1.18		12:49AM 1.31	1:13PM 1.33		1:35AM 1.72	1:57PM 1.47		2:14AM 1.89		2:33PM 1.81	2:47AM 1.77		3:03PM 1.66	3:17AM 1.81		3:33PM 1.94	3:46AM 2.12		4:00PM 1.72	4:11AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		5:46AM 0.70	6:29PM 0.59		7:12AM 0.53	7:27PM 0.43		7:59AM 0.36		8:06PM 0.47	8:34AM 0.39		8:38PM 0.18	9:03AM 0.29		9:07PM 0.11	9:32AM 0.07		9:30PM 0.24	9:58AM 0.04		10:00PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	19	21	24	18	21	20	18	20	20	17	21	21	17	23	23	21	23	22	20	21	24	20
Low °C	18	20	21	18	19	19	16	17	19	15	17	20	17	19	22	19	19	20	19	19	21	18
Chill °C (?)	19	21	24	18	21	20	18	20	20	17	21	21	17	23	23	21	23	22	20	21	24	20
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	13	10	10	9	8	8	7	8	8	14	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.4 E	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.3 E	0.9 SW	0.3 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	8	12	11	8	8	15	8	13	13	9	9	12	9	11	9	10	10	14	8	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	11	9	11	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	778	863	894	950	641	563	296	427	400	307	296	271	361	306	388	1228	1053	1311	1072	1344	1255	1134
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)				11:12PM 1.14				12:01PM 1.18				12:42AM 1.53				1:13PM 1.30				1:39AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	4:24PM 0.70					5:46AM 0.70				6:33PM 0.77				7:14AM 0.69				7:28PM 0.61				7:59AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	17	18	18	20	24	21	20	20	20	20	18	20	21	21	19	18	18	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	18	17	18	18	20	24	21	20	20	20	20	18	20	21	21	19	18	18	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37
Sunset	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	11	8	8	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	12	12	5	11	12	12	11	8	9	9	8	8	8	15	8	8	8	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.9 E	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	5	-	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 26									Friday 27
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	715	804	840	854	881	863	667	878	894	581	571	517	878	537	676	693	598	427	372	465	458	445
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			4:23PM 0.69													5:44AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	21	20	21	20
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	21	20	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	12	12	5	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	0.4 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	8	3	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-