Garden Route Surf

Garden Route Surf Forecast

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

	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 SSW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	13	12	13	13	13	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	15	15
Energy	1552	1057	1012	1283	786	657	522	602	777	1065	1283	1756	2228	2089	1276	1283	1125	1109	630	594	299	1050
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:10PM 1.87	3:27AM 1.82		3:58PM 1.93	4:14AM 1.80		4:45PM 1.78		5:01AM 1.75	5:32PM 1.73		5:47AM 1.86	6:19PM 1.72		6:34AM 1.53	7:09PM 1.64		7:23AM 1.39		8:05PM 1.73	8:18AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)	8:58AM 0.21		9:14PM 0.16	9:48AM 0.04		10:04PM 0.14	10:33AM 0.04		10:54PM 0.15	11:18AM 0.07		11:43PM 0.21	11:54AM 0.30		12:34AM 0.29	12:47PM 0.23		1:27AM 0.40	1:33PM 0.34		2:24AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	14	15	16	15	16	18	14	16	17	15	16	17	16	16	19	15	20	24	22	18
Low °C	13	17	13	13	15	13	13	16	14	14	16	14	15	16	14	14	17	14	14	22	17	16
Chill °C (?)	15	17	13	14	15	15	15	18	13	16	17	14	16	17	16	15	19	14	20	24	22	18
Sunrise	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	8	8	10	12	13	13	13	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	-	1.1 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 S	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	6	6	6	6	11	10	13	7	7	-	6	6	7	7	-	20	6	6	7	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.3 SE	1.4 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	-	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 E	1.5 ESE	1.5 E	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.4 W
Period (s)	-	-	5	8	-	-	-	8	5	5	5	6	-	7	4	10	5	6	-	-	3	3

	Sat	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Energy	3288	2803	2134	1999	1552	1276	1057	1206	1177	1012	2700	3203	1283	1106	786	667	741	657	567	514	522	498
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on
Tide State	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:38AM 2.03				3:10PM 1.87				3:26AM 2.06				3:58PM 1.93				4:14AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	8:22PM 0.23				8:58AM 0.21				9:14PM 0.16				9:48AM 0.04				10:04PM 0.14				10:33AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	12	15	17	17	14	13	13	13	13	15	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	16	16
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	11	15	17	17	13	12	12	12	11	14	15	15	15	14	14	12	12	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	5	11	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	11	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	-	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	4	5	11	11	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14
	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	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	3487	3238	3288	3304	3113	2803	1673	2218	2134	1981	1805	1999	1984	1841	1552	1402	1402	1276	1195	1162	1057	1299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)							2:38AM 2.03													3:10PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	8:22PM 0.23													9:01AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	17	18	17	14
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	14	15	16	17	17	17	18	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	5	5	5	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	-	-	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-