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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	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	2.2 SE	2.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	12
Energy(?)	1775	1548	1897	1721	940	1334	1662	2071	1186	830	952	537	492	779	990	680	910	810	570	632	549	367
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:57PM 2.01	4:18AM 1.88		4:27PM 1.80	4:46AM 2.17		4:59PM 2.05		5:18AM 2.18	5:32PM 2.00		5:49AM 1.88	6:07PM 1.90		6:30AM 2.02	6:46PM 1.75		7:02AM 1.60	7:22PM 1.34		7:53AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	9:57AM 0.12		10:06PM -0.00	10:21AM 0.24		10:29PM 0.17	10:52AM 0.21		10:59PM 0.17	11:24AM 0.23		11:33PM 0.03	12:02PM 0.11		12:01AM 0.31	12:35PM 0.44		12:41AM 0.27	1:21PM 0.39		1:25AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	1	2	5	1
High °C	28	28	23	25	26	22	22	22	21	23	25	21	24	25	22	25	26	24	27	24	23	24
Low °C	26	25	22	23	25	21	21	22	20	20	23	20	21	23	20	22	25	23	23	24	22	22
Chill °C (?)	28	28	23	25	26	22	22	22	21	23	25	21	24	25	22	25	26	24	27	24	23	24
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 SW	1.5 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	9	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	9	9	12	7	11	10	10	10	14	8	8	8	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 E
Period (s)	16	9	9	8	8	8	8	13	12	12	11	11	16	16	15	15	9	13	12	12	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.0 E	1.8 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	2.2 SE	2.5 ESE	-	-	-	0.8 W	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	8	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	4	6

	Tuesday 17							Wednesday 18								Thursday 19
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Buffalo Bay 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1592	1631	1775	1395	1994	1852	2006	1897	1554	1402	1216	1341	1204	1016	1093	1202	1226	1554	1662	1833	2071	1930
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:50AM 1.78				3:58PM 1.77				4:16AM 2.11				4:27PM 1.80				4:46AM 2.17				4:58PM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)			9:57AM 0.12				10:01PM 0.21				10:21AM 0.24				10:29PM 0.17				10:57AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	25	26	27	25	23	22	22	22	22	25	25	24	23	22	21	20	21	22	22	22	20
Chill °C (?)	26	25	26	27	25	23	22	22	22	22	25	25	24	23	22	21	20	21	22	22	22	20
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.2 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	11	16	16	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 17																					Wed
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Buffalo Bay 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ESE	1.2 SSW	2.0 E	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	17	9	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1635	1646	1592	1295	1631	1631	1679	1607	1596	1656	1562	1705	1705	1548	1548	1736	1877	2066	2090	2073	2176	2355
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:48AM 2.02												3:57PM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)								9:51AM 0.32													10:06PM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	26	27	26	25	26	27	27	27	28	25	24	26	25	24	23	22	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	26	26	26	27	26	25	26	27	27	27	28	25	24	26	25	24	23	22	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 E	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	11	17	11	17	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-