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.

Garden Route Surf Forecast

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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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	Sun		Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	2	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	12	18	16	7	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	3991	3192	2380	2288	2204	1338	857	645	450	229	309	276	339	302	520	581	680	760	555	435	268	165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	8:18AM	8:29PM	9:19AM		9:49PM	10:33AM		11:20PM	11:45AM		12:34AM	12:44PM	8:29PM	1:26AM	1:32PM		2:08AM		2:01AM		2:51PM	2:31AM
Low Tide / height (m)	2:38PM	2:32AM		3:50PM	3:40AM		5:25PM 2:43PM		5:03AM	6:23PM		6:18AM	7:16PM		7:16AM	7:58PM		8:02AM		10:04AM	6:36PM	1:52PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	-
High °C	23	20	20	22	19	22	22	19	23	25	22	26	27	23	26	24	23	21	21	20	24	23
Low °C	22	19	19	21	17	19	21	18	21	25	20	23	27	23	24	23	21	21	21	20	22	23
Chill °C (?)	23	20	20	22	19	22	22	18	23	25	22	26	27	23	26	24	23	21	21	20	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-
Sunset	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	12	12	11	7	8	9	13	13	12	12	11	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	-	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.8 SW
Period (s)	10	-	8	8	11	11	-	-	11	12	6	18	16	11	14	14	9	9	-	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	1.0 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.8 ESE	-	1.4 SW	0.6 WSW	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	7	6	-	11	4	-	-	8	5	5	-

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	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point 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
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	4073	4447	3991	3573	3030	3192	2151	2002	2380	2275	2288	2164	2278	2204	2060	1536	1338	1119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:18AM 1.37				8:29PM 1.18				9:20AM 1.28				9:48PM 1.07				10:33AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)			2:38PM 0.67				2:38AM 0.81				3:51PM 0.68				3:40AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	22	20	19	19	18	19	20	22	21	19	18	17	17	19	22	22
Chill °C (?)	23	23	22	20	19	19	18	19	20	22	21	19	18	17	16	19	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	-	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	5	5	-	5	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	10	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	4	10	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	5	5	6