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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	Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			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	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	0	4	0	0	3	2	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	5	0	0	4	0	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 SW	2.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	6	7	17	16	14	13	13	17	15	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	8
Energy(?)	2401	2239	933	494	799	494	317	569	496	301	429	1630	2098	2563	2930	1926	1697	1074	878	799	565	844
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:29PM 1.56		1:54AM 1.46		2:05PM 1.93	2:26AM 1.76		2:31PM 1.69	2:55AM 1.58		3:01PM 1.68	3:24AM 1.58		3:29PM 1.98	3:53AM 1.84		4:00PM 1.65	4:23AM 1.56		4:29PM 1.64	4:54AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		7:53PM 0.33		7:51AM 0.38		8:20PM 0.47	8:16AM 0.51		8:48PM 0.21	8:52AM 0.29		9:16PM 0.17	9:12AM 0.48		9:37PM 0.36	9:51AM 0.29		10:13PM 0.19	10:22AM 0.31		10:42PM 0.24	10:41AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	9	-
High °C	18	19	17	19	21	17	20	21	19	20	21	18	20	21	18	20	22	19	23	22	19	21
Low °C	17	18	15	17	19	16	18	20	16	18	20	17	18	21	17	19	21	18	20	21	18	20
Chill °C (?)	17	19	16	19	21	16	20	21	19	20	21	17	20	21	17	20	22	18	23	22	19	21
Sunrise	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:15
Sunset	-	7:09	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 ESE	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 S
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	11	11	6	10	14	13	13	12	15	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.3 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.9 S	0.8 SW
Period (s)	11	-	-	9	8	9	10	16	7	9	7	17	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 E	1.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	-	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.3 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.1 ESE	-	-	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	6	7	-	6	6	6	4	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	-	-	5

	Sat	Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	3	3	2	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	6	7	7	7	11	18	17	16
Energy(?)	2003	2058	2464	3385	2401	1770	1621	1674	1481	1399	1027	1075	494	497	582	759	681	505	376	574	343	420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on
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 Tide / height (m)		1:20AM 1.37				1:33PM 1.87				1:55AM 1.43					2:05PM 1.93				2:26AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)				7:18AM 0.44				7:53PM 0.33				7:51AM 0.38					8:22PM 0.25				8:22AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	16	16	18	18	18	16	15	14	14	17	19	20	19	17	16	16	15	18	20	21
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	15	17	17	17	15	14	13	13	17	19	20	18	16	15	16	15	18	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	6	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	1.5 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	-	0.4 SE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	15	11	11	-	-	-	-	9	-	5	9	10	10	8	9	9	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	1.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	-	1.3 ESE	-	1.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	6	6	7	7	7	-	6	-	6

	Saturday 15			Sunday 16
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	5	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	3	3	2	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1179	1934	1934	1973	1786	1885	1735	2667	2464	2684	3071	3385	2588	2514	2401	2649	2610	2528	2368	2216	2182	1496
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)						1:21AM 1.61												1:29PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)												7:18AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	19	19	19	19	18	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	5