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

	Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sun
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	0	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	0	4	0	0	4	3	4	3	2	2	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	0.4 E	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	8	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	17	15
Energy(?)	1014	1182	948	940	836	1311	1370	1690	1937	23	2093	2119	1682	1441	1682	839	904	652	362	302	1333	2274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	on	on	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				8:41AM 1.74		9:03PM 1.18	9:51AM 1.35		10:59PM 1.12	11:45AM 1.33		12:50AM 1.22	1:13PM 1.44		1:57AM 1.40		2:10PM 1.85	2:43AM 1.84		3:00PM 1.65	3:28AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)	1:54PM 0.66		1:55AM 0.45		3:06PM 0.77	3:04AM 0.57		4:40PM 0.59	4:58AM 0.64		6:40PM 0.73		6:52AM 0.56	7:47PM 0.39		8:01AM 0.61		8:35PM 0.44	8:55AM 0.26		9:18PM 0.11	9:38AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-
High °C	23	23	20	23	24	21	23	23	21	20	22	21	23	23	22	24	25	23	23	22	21	23
Low °C	20	23	19	21	23	19	21	22	19	19	22	20	21	23	21	23	24	22	22	22	19	20
Chill °C (?)	23	23	20	23	24	21	23	23	21	20	22	21	23	23	22	24	25	23	23	22	21	23
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	7	12	12	12	11	10	17	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	1.8 SW	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.2 SW	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	12	7	7	7	7	7	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.9 ESE	1.9 E	2.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	5	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1235	1134	1322	968	952	1318	1180	1139	1035	1035	721	956	1063	1234	1275	1047	1035	1019	1451	1585	1776	1846
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:43AM 1.86				7:52PM 1.31					8:41AM 1.74				9:03PM 1.18				9:51AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)				1:54PM 0.66				1:55AM 0.43					2:59PM 0.53				3:07AM 0.78				4:39PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	22	23	22	20	19	19	19	21	23	23	23	21	20	20	20	21	23	23	22	21
Chill °C (?)	18	20	22	23	22	20	19	19	19	21	23	23	23	21	20	20	20	21	23	23	22	21
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 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	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 25																					Mon
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	1358	1364	1645	1235	1235	1513	1513	1407	1400	1376	997	1352	1351	1193	1182	951	1047	1047	1295	1296	1369	1159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)						7:33AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)												1:54PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	18	18	19	20	21	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	21	21	20	20	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	18	19	20	21	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	21	21	20	20	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-