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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	Sat	Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.7 S	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	8	8	14	13	13	12	14	13	12	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1408	928	871	578	447	459	283	173	613	774	683	557	590	685	891	1252	1280	881	665	450	342	307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	on	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:39AM 1.49	1:56PM 1.69		2:16AM 1.65		2:32PM 1.58	2:47AM 1.77		3:03PM 1.70	3:16AM 1.85		3:32PM 1.71	3:44AM 1.88		4:00PM 1.76	4:10AM 1.89		4:27PM 1.70	4:36AM 1.80		4:54PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		8:00AM 0.52		8:06PM 0.29	8:34AM 0.23		8:38PM 0.18	9:04AM 0.13		9:07PM 0.11	9:29AM 0.24		9:34PM 0.08	9:58AM 0.05		10:00PM 0.09	10:23AM 0.06		10:26PM 0.12	10:47AM 0.11		10:51PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	20	17	21	20	18	24	23	20	22	24	21	21	25	21	22	22	19	19	20	17
Low °C	16	17	20	16	17	20	17	19	22	20	20	23	20	20	24	20	20	20	18	18	20	16
Chill °C (?)	17	19	20	17	21	20	18	24	23	20	22	24	21	21	25	21	22	22	19	19	20	17
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	13	13	12	11	13	12	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	1.2 SW	1.4 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E
Period (s)	8	14	13	13	12	12	11	9	10	10	10	14	8	8	8	14	9	9	9	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.7 ESE	2.2 ESE	-	0.7 W	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.3 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	7	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	6	-

	Saturday 28			Sunday 29								Monday 30								Tuesday 31
	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	Buffalo Bay 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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point 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	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	13	10	10	12	12	12	9	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1949	1459	1103	1408	1216	1165	1019	942	767	810	613	609	549	535	515	465	459	404	341	283	224	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:39AM 1.49				1:57PM 1.47					2:16AM 1.65				2:32PM 1.58				2:47AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		7:28PM 0.61				7:59AM 0.36					8:06PM 0.47				8:34AM 0.23				8:38PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	16	16	17	20	20	19	17	17	16	15	17	21	20	20	18	17	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	16	16	17	20	20	19	17	17	16	15	17	21	20	20	18	17	17	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39
Sunset	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	13	9	10	10	12	10	9	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 S	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	8	8	8	8	14	13	13	13	13	10	10	13	12	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5

	Saturday 28									Sunday 29
	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	Buffalo Bay 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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point 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	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2352	2377	1713	2105	2042	2173	2036	1900	1612	1588	1000	1408	1383	1318	1300	1165	1309	1165	1156	1073	690	1061
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)												1:39AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)						7:27PM 0.43												7:59AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	21	19	18	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	19	20	20
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	19	18	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	19	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-