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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Garden Route Wavefinder

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	Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			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	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point 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	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	4	9	8	9	9	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	14	13	14
Energy(?)	638	2870	3980	4243	3436	2067	8982	12761	9012	8130	6314	3752	1567	1518	578	1111	2648	1317	806	2371	2135	2226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:12PM 1.47	3:18AM 1.58		3:45PM 1.75	3:48AM 1.85		4:20PM 1.69	4:24AM 1.88		4:55PM 1.69		5:02AM 1.67	5:30PM 1.75		5:38AM 1.64	6:07PM 1.73		6:16AM 1.54	6:50PM 1.91		6:58AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	9:02AM 0.31		9:11PM 0.38	9:28AM 0.35		9:38PM 0.49	10:07AM 0.18		10:15PM 0.44	10:42AM 0.11		11:00PM 0.23	11:15AM 0.10		11:37PM 0.24	11:49AM 0.11		12:12AM 0.42	12:25PM 0.16		1:00AM 0.30	1:05PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	14	16	17	14	16	14	12	13	14	12	15	18	13	15	16	14	14	14	13	15
Low °C	14	15	13	13	15	12	13	13	11	11	13	10	11	15	12	12	14	12	12	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	19	18	14	16	17	14	15	12	9	12	14	10	15	18	12	14	15	13	14	14	12	15
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	5:36	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	16	-	14	14	14	14	13	13	8	12	12	11	11	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.4 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	1.0 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	14	12	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	7	12	10	10	10	14	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	-	-	-	0.8 E	-	-	2.0 SW	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	-	-	15	15	-	-	-	4	-	-	8	-	12	-	-	-	-	-

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Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	16
Energy(?)	878	784	1022	794	638	1452	2870	3126	4258	3980	5110	5407	4243	3809	3436	3271	3066	2067	3059	3079	8982	10269
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
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)			2:42AM 1.51				3:10PM 1.61				3:18AM 1.58				3:47PM 1.59				3:54AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	8:32PM 0.47				8:54AM 0.43				9:01PM 0.56				9:36AM 0.22				9:48PM 0.31				10:10AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	14	19	21	15	14	14	14	13	13	16	17	15	14	13	12	12	13	16	14
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	13	19	21	14	14	14	14	12	12	16	17	15	14	13	12	11	12	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	-
Period (s)	12	11	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	16