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

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	Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Fri
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 E	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	2.4 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SE	1.6 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	8	8	9	9	10	11	9	9	7	11	11	8	8	14	10	10	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1042	757	628	326	315	347	342	460	705	614	554	807	934	632	306	557	540	500	522	1275	1230	1074
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:18PM		6:29AM 5:53AM	7:07PM		7:30AM		8:43PM	9:19AM		10:43PM	11:22AM		12:05AM	12:35PM	6:24PM	12:58AM	1:17PM	12:16AM		1:00PM
Low Tide / height (m)	12:09PM		12:17AM	12:52PM		1:10AM	1:52PM	2:05PM	3:00AM		4:05PM 12:05PM		5:29AM	5:45PM		6:37AM	6:42PM		6:18PM		6:43AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	2	1
High °C	24	26	22	26	25	19	20	20	18	16	15	15	15	16	15	19	20	18	17	18	18	18
Low °C	18	24	21	23	21	17	19	20	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	16	18	16	17	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	24	26	22	26	25	19	20	20	18	16	13	13	14	15	14	19	20	18	17	18	18	18
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	6:04	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 SSE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 SSE	1.5 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	8	8	9	9	10	11	9	9	9	10	11	11	10	7	13	12	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	-	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E
Period (s)	7	-	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	14	9	9	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 E	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.5 S	-	1.4 ESE	2.4 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SE	1.6 ESE	1.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	-	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	8	-	3	3	3	10	-	11	7	11	11	8	8	7	10	10	10	10	-	7

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	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	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	Keurbooms 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	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10
Energy(?)	1509	1294	1042	922	757	638	634	628	424	380	326	277	315	326	333	347	319	322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	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)		5:53AM 1.45				6:18PM 1.32				6:32AM 1.57				7:15PM 1.43				7:30AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)				12:09PM 0.42				12:17AM 0.53				12:45PM 0.67				1:02AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	24	26	24	20	22	21	23	23	26	25	21	19	18	17	17	19
Chill °C (?)	17	18	24	26	24	20	22	21	23	23	26	25	21	19	18	17	17	19
Sunrise	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 E	2.2 E	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	2	3	3	3	3	3	3