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

	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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 Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	2	7	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	11	11
Energy	1227	1255	1058	1028	1012	1173	4259	1167	1006	2158	2694	6543	1237	1198	1090	887	801	564	589	727	939	4067
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:26AM 1.25		11:52PM 1.49	12:33PM 1.31		12:52AM 1.63	1:30PM 1.66		1:46AM 1.72		2:22PM 1.53	2:38AM 1.79		3:11PM 1.65	3:27AM 1.78		3:58PM 1.93	4:13AM 2.03		4:45PM 1.74		5:01AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		5:20PM 0.49		6:23AM 0.36	6:27PM 0.41		7:24AM 0.39	7:27PM 0.44		8:13AM 0.29		8:22PM 0.23	8:58AM 0.21		9:14PM 0.16	9:48AM 0.04		9:57PM 0.30	10:33AM 0.04		10:54PM 0.15	11:18AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	17	17	19	15	15	16	14	15	17	14	15	15	14	15	15	14	16	17	15	17
Low °C	14	17	16	17	16	15	14	16	13	14	13	13	13	15	13	13	15	13	13	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	19	17	17	19	15	14	15	14	15	17	12	14	14	14	15	15	14	16	17	15	17
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	8	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.0 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	7	7	8	9	8	8	10	9	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	11	-	-	-	5	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	11

	Tue	Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Friday 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	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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	832	684	753	1075	1227	1204	1255	1152	1152	1058	1022	1096	1028	590	1012	863	1059	1173	1293	2807	4259	5369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	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)	10:45PM 1.44					11:26AM 1.25				11:52PM 1.49				12:33PM 1.54				12:52AM 1.63				1:31PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)				5:18AM 0.48				5:20PM 0.49				6:23AM 0.36				6:27PM 0.41				7:20AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	15	14	18	19	17	16	17	17	16	17	17	19	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	14	18	19	17	16	17	17	16	17	16	19	16	15	15	15	14	13	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	0.4 E	0.3 E	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	9	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11

	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside 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 Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	610	768	832	819	817	684	753	998	753	1065	1075	1075	1144	1227	1227	1225	1225	1204	1102	1101	1255	1172
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:45PM 1.44													11:26AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)										5:18AM 0.47												5:20PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	15	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	15	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-