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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	Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Fri
	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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	0	4	5	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	9	13	16	15	14	13	12
Energy(?)	1454	1373	1085	1048	738	831	613	436	435	262	349	688	869	795	1005	1523	2178	4713	3005	1599	2035	927
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	8:18AM 1.07		10:49PM 1.06	11:06AM 1.26		12:21AM 1.21	12:35PM 1.22		1:03AM 1.39	1:18PM 1.37		1:37AM 1.58	1:55PM 1.52				2:31PM 1.87	2:44AM 2.11		3:05PM 1.97	3:18AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		3:27PM 0.75		5:15AM 0.99	5:42PM 0.85		6:34AM 0.66	6:42PM 0.53		7:17AM 0.48	7:21PM 0.38		7:52AM 0.30	7:55PM 0.24		8:26AM 0.13		8:30PM 0.27	8:59AM 0.15		9:04PM 0.04	9:35AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	30	27	22	21	22	19	21	21	19	23	25	23	24	21	18	18	17	16	18	18	16	17
Low °C	26	25	20	20	21	18	19	20	17	19	23	20	22	20	17	13	15	14	13	17	14	14
Chill °C (?)	30	27	22	21	22	19	21	21	19	23	25	23	24	21	18	17	16	15	18	18	16	17
Sunrise	6:46	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	6:10	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:12	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.6 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	18	13	16	15	14	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.9 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	10	10	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	6	15	5	6	5	8	8	18	9	9	22	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	1.2 ESE	2.4 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	9	-	-	-	5	8	-

	Thu	Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	921	1078	1223	1065	1012	1374	1373	1231	1068	1085	1124	1148	1128	1157	978	1014	703	673	583	524	613	599
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)					8:15AM 1.28				10:49PM 1.06					11:22AM 1.08				12:14AM 1.42				12:35PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)		1:57AM 0.79					3:27PM 0.75					5:03AM 0.81				5:44PM 0.67				6:36AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	25	26	30	27	25	22	20	20	21	21	21	20	21	19	19	19	19	19	21	21
Chill °C (?)	24	24	25	26	30	27	25	22	20	20	21	21	21	20	21	19	19	19	19	19	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	11	11	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE
Period (s)	16	16	11	10	10	10	10	9	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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 Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	914	874	921	821	838	1078	1054	1241	1233	1380	1333	1387	1369	1370	1306	1412	1014	1014	1000	916	1373	1354
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)													8:18AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)						1:57AM 0.79														3:16PM 0.92
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	24	25	25	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	29	30	29	28	31	29	27	26	25	25
Chill °C (?)	23	24	24	25	25	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	29	30	29	28	31	29	27	26	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	16	11	11	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	17	17	16	16	11	16	16	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-