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

	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thu
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	2	0	2	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	7	16	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	605	778	619	458	339	290	191	2288	1477	1032	833	600	352	410	207	164	146	267	524	738	1060	1245
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	9:31AM 1.39		10:57PM 1.37	11:51AM 1.40		12:49AM 1.34	1:13PM 1.36		1:39AM 1.49	1:57PM 1.47		2:16AM 1.65		2:32PM 1.55	2:47AM 1.77		3:04PM 1.90	3:18AM 2.09		3:30PM 1.87	3:46AM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)		4:23PM 0.69		5:55AM 0.87	6:29PM 0.60		7:12AM 0.54	7:27PM 0.43		7:59AM 0.36		8:06PM 0.29	8:34AM 0.39		8:38PM 0.18	9:03AM 0.29		9:04PM 0.29	9:29AM 0.24		9:30PM 0.24	9:58AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	18	23	24	20	21	21	18	20	20	17	21	22	18	22	22	18	22	23	19	21
Low °C	19	21	18	20	22	19	19	19	16	18	19	16	17	22	17	18	21	17	19	22	18	19
Chill °C (?)	22	22	18	23	24	20	21	21	18	20	20	17	21	22	18	22	22	18	22	23	19	21
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	6:30	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	11	8	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	7	7	16	10	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.4 E	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 ESE	1.1 SW	0.8 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	12	9	9	8	8	8	14	13	13	9	8	11	9	10	10	8	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Santos Reef Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route
Rating	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	9	8	9
Energy(?)	1112	661	415	351	605	729	778	815	977	752	637	559	314	516	394	327	284	290	269	721	423	562
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	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
High Tide / height (m)	8:40PM 1.40				9:30AM 1.17					11:12PM 1.14				12:01PM 1.16				12:42AM 1.53				1:13PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)			2:41AM 0.89				4:24PM 0.70					5:46AM 0.70				6:33PM 0.77				7:12AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	19	19	22	21	20	18	17	18	18	20	24	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	22	21
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	19	22	21	20	18	17	18	18	20	24	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.3 WSW	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	8	11	7	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	8	8	8	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 ESE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 E	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	5	12	12	12	9	8	9	9	8	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	0.8 E	-	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	9	8	9

	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Santos Reef Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route
Rating	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1191	763	1112	1112	608	608	580	413	367	360	462	418	351	335	550	540	521	588	588	739	672	848
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:40PM 1.40													9:28AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)							2:48AM 0.72														4:36PM 0.88
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	20	19	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	20	21	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	20	19	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	20	21	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	11	8	11	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 WSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	8	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-