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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	Sat	Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	0	0	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	8	8	13	12	12	18	16	16	14	13	13	11	12	12	11	10	10	9	6	7
Energy(?)	735	860	1148	2493	1766	631	783	783	1079	1571	1282	619	793	1790	2071	1245	731	508	168	353	322	357
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:48AM 1.62	6:05PM 1.56		6:41AM 1.45	7:00PM 1.37		7:51AM 1.59		8:16PM 1.21	9:25AM 1.29		10:02PM 1.37	11:00AM 1.58		11:40PM 1.27	12:09PM 1.39		12:39AM 1.51	12:56PM 1.78		1:21AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)	11:27PM 0.37	11:55AM 0.33		12:22AM 0.33	12:52PM 0.48		1:06AM 0.71		2:02PM 0.89	2:39AM 0.61		4:24PM 0.92	4:33AM 0.86		5:44PM 0.62		5:42AM 0.58	6:49PM 0.71		6:40AM 0.71	7:26PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	18	22	22	20	25	25	21	21	22	19	21	23	19	19	20	17	21	20	19	17	18	17
Low °C	18	20	22	19	24	24	18	19	21	17	21	22	16	18	19	15	19	19	17	17	18	16
Chill °C (?)	17	22	22	20	25	25	21	21	22	19	21	23	19	19	20	17	21	20	19	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	5:24	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	2.3 ESE	1.4 SW	1.5 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	0.7 SW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	8	13	8	8	11	16	16	14	13	13	11	12	12	11	10	10	6	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 E	0.9 SW	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	18	15	13	12	12	8	13	12	10	10	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	1.7 ESE	-	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	8	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	3	-	-	9	6	-

	Saturday 08			Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Kanon Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.4 SSW	2.1 E	1.4 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	14	14	14	13	14	13	7	8	8	8	8	14	8	13	8	12	12	12	12	11	18
Energy(?)	624	734	889	782	833	847	860	1097	1148	1552	1657	2588	2071	1604	993	552	788	603	590	537	581	826
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off
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
High Tide / height (m)		5:19PM 1.75				5:48AM 1.62				6:05PM 1.56				6:44AM 1.72				7:01PM 1.62				7:49AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)				11:35PM 0.17				11:42AM 0.55				12:11AM 0.54				12:52PM 0.54				1:06AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	18	18	17	20	22	22	22	19	20	19	21	24	25	23	24	22	22	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	19	18	18	16	20	22	22	22	19	20	19	21	24	25	23	24	22	22	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18
Sunset	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 E
Period (s)	10	9	-	8	8	-	-	-	18	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5

	Saturday 08									Sunday 09
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Kanon Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 ESE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	15	7	7	15	14	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	7	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	535	637	652	676	744	734	756	751	756	845	832	735	725	764	833	541	885	727	744	832	860	1072
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	on	on	on	off	off	on	on	on	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				5:19PM 1.72												5:47AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)										11:35PM 0.18												11:55AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	22	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	19	20	21	22	22	24
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	20	18	19	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	19	20	21	22	22	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.4 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7