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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	Mon	Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	3	3	0	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1005	1437	1504	879	650	490	426	404	397	459	375	1098	864	1536	736	1093	1178	1636	944	793	489	460
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	off	on	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)	2:21AM 1.73		2:34PM 1.96	3:01AM 2.07		3:16PM 2.31	3:41AM 2.10		3:55PM 1.97	4:22AM 2.06		4:36PM 1.87		5:03AM 1.70	5:20PM 2.03		5:50AM 1.86	6:05PM 1.56		6:44AM 1.72	7:01PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	8:15PM 0.03	8:20AM 0.08		8:54PM 0.13	9:00AM 0.02		9:31PM 0.10	9:37AM 0.19		10:08PM 0.14	10:23AM 0.06		10:53PM 0.04	11:07AM 0.17		11:27PM 0.37	11:42AM 0.55		12:11AM 0.54	12:37PM 0.73		1:19AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	17	20	20	18	17	19	17	20	22	18	24	25	21	25	26	24	20	20	19
Low °C	16	17	18	15	18	19	17	16	18	15	17	22	17	20	24	19	23	25	19	19	19	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	17	20	20	18	16	18	16	20	22	17	24	25	21	25	26	24	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	5:24	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	2.1 ESE	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	10	8	10	14	14	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	16	15	14	12	12	21	20	19	18	10	16	-	-	13	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	3	4	5	5

	Monday 03			Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								Thursday 06
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	980	1088	1121	1005	1296	1009	1206	770	1504	1054	1294	1163	1062	1006	650	580	490	663	582	425	447	383
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	on	on	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					2:21AM 1.70				2:34PM 1.96				3:01AM 1.78				3:16PM 2.31				3:41AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)			8:15PM 0.03				8:20AM 0.25				8:54PM -0.07				8:58AM 0.19				9:31PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1
Temp. °C	21	16	16	16	17	16	19	19	18	17	15	15	15	18	20	20	19	18	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	21	16	16	16	17	16	19	19	18	17	15	15	15	18	20	20	18	18	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24
Sunset	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.3 E	1.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 SW	0.2 E	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	9	9	12	9	9	13	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	9	15	15	6	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6

	Monday 03									Tuesday 04
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	13	12
Energy(?)	962	1034	1034	845	1089	860	891	607	1121	949	1269	1268	1289	1296	992	782	1084	1293	1139	914	1206	1411
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													2:21AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)							8:17PM 0.22												8:20AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	22	19	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	19	18
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	19	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.2 SSW	0.3 E	1.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	12	12	12	9	12	12	13	9	13	11	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-