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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	Sunday 11			Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	0	0	4	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.3 SW	1.0 E	1.6 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	18	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	14	11	12	12	11	10	10	9	8	10	10
Energy(?)	770	812	2308	2343	2012	933	807	803	453	350	430	2414	3012	3772	2247	1395	797	965	558	281	630	693
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:08AM 1.28		9:47PM 1.32	10:31AM 1.20		11:43PM 1.07	12:08PM 1.23		12:59AM 1.37	1:11PM 1.57		1:55AM 1.49	1:58PM 1.66	2:04PM 1.35	2:38AM 1.35		2:36PM 1.75	3:11AM 1.47		3:15PM 1.58	3:40AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		3:42PM 0.69	3:39AM 0.89		5:21PM 0.70		5:23AM 0.77	6:56PM 0.68		6:43AM 0.90	7:39PM 0.74		7:40AM 0.82		8:30PM 0.43	8:37AM 0.48		9:02PM 0.32	9:11AM 0.38		9:22PM 0.42	9:33AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	25	22	25	25	22	24	24	21	24	23	21	18	19	19	22	22	19	21	20	19	21
Low °C	22	24	21	22	24	20	22	23	20	21	23	19	18	18	17	19	21	18	20	20	17	20
Chill °C (?)	25	25	22	25	25	22	24	24	21	24	23	21	18	19	19	22	22	19	21	20	19	21
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.6 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	11	18	16	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	14	11	12	12	11	10	7	8	8	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 E
Period (s)	7	7	11	11	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	10	9	10	9	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SW	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 E	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	11	5	7	9	6	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 11								Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	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	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	0.8 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	21	20	18	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1578	1273	1139	931	823	735	724	1139	2010	2308	2589	2319	2019	2153	2012	1805	1061	1364	1154	980	680	666
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:28PM 1.14				9:08AM 1.28				9:47PM 1.32				10:40AM 1.50					11:42PM 1.04				12:05PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)			2:28AM 0.79				3:41PM 0.70				3:39AM 0.89					5:21PM 0.70				5:23AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	20	22	25	25	24	22	22	22	21	23	25	26	24	22	21	21	20	22	24	23
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	22	25	25	24	22	22	22	21	23	25	26	24	22	21	21	20	22	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	7	12	12	11	11	11	20	18	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 E	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	11	12	7	7	7	7	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	22
Energy(?)	1614	1529	1265	1501	1319	1337	1225	1268	1139	1139	985	707	697	907	823	808	628	793	739	777	812	1043
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:28PM 1.14													9:09AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)							2:25AM 0.62													3:42PM 0.69
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	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	23	24	25	25	26	26	26	26	24	23
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	23	24	25	25	26	26	26	26	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.5 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	12	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-