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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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

7 day 48 hour

	Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thu
	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 Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	4	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	11	13	11	10	13	14	16	14	14
Energy(?)	2403	2816	2627	2316	2728	1783	1802	1491	1065	682	338	214	217	209	581	600	420	1144	1647	3222	3029	2602
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	on	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:15PM		6:29AM 5:43AM	7:05PM		7:27AM		8:19PM	8:50AM		10:08PM	10:42AM		11:35PM	12:10PM	6:15PM	12:36AM	1:21PM	11:46PM		12:59PM
Low Tide / height (m)	11:50AM		12:18AM	12:46PM		1:16AM	1:31PM		2:44AM	11:59AM	3:16PM	4:49AM	5:05AM	5:03PM		6:25AM	6:16PM		6:24PM		6:21AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	5	8	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	13	13	15	14	16	17	14	19	21	18	22	24	16	18	18	15	17	17	16	19
Low °C	14	13	12	12	15	13	13	15	13	13	19	17	20	18	15	15	17	15	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	13	11	10	13	13	16	16	13	19	21	18	22	24	16	18	18	15	17	17	16	19
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	5:46	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	3.0 SW	0.4 E	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	11	13	11	10	13	14	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.1 SW	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	11	22	11	20	11	11	10	11	10	10	16	15	10	6	9	12	11	11	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	11	-	-	-	5	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 01							Friday 02								Saturday 03
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	2	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	908	1256	2403	3096	2816	3045	1757	2627	2357	2424	2316	2501	2728	3013	1868	1783	1587	1981
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- 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
High Tide / height (m)		5:45AM 1.91				6:11PM 1.52				6:29AM 1.46				7:05PM 1.37				7:24AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)				11:59AM 0.23				12:18AM 0.38				12:46PM 0.40				1:01AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	17	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	15	15	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	16	13	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	12	14	14	13	14	12	12
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	22	10	10	11	20	20	20	20	11	11	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	0.4 NW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	3	11	11	11	12	-	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-