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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	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Gourits Mouth Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	4	4	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9
Energy(?)	1093	1285	1094	2561	2358	1193	701	568	297	220	63	1338	2556	5833	4945	4001	3221	2467	1539	1047	588	309
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:16AM		8:37PM	9:48AM		10:20PM	11:15AM 8:20AM		11:46PM	12:14PM		12:39AM	12:51PM		1:19AM	1:26PM		1:54AM	1:46PM	1:58AM 6:20AM		2:13PM
Low Tide / height (m)		2:39PM	2:45AM		4:27PM	4:32AM		6:01PM		5:43AM	6:40PM		6:30AM 2:39PM	7:17PM		7:11AM	7:49PM		6:54PM		9:06AM	7:09PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	3	2	-	-	-
High °C	25	24	20	21	20	18	22	24	20	23	22	19	17	20	18	19	19	18	18	19	17	20
Low °C	22	22	17	19	20	17	21	24	19	21	20	17	16	19	15	18	18	16	17	19	14	17
Chill °C (?)	25	24	20	21	20	18	22	24	20	23	22	18	16	20	17	18	18	17	18	19	17	20
Sunrise	5:15	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.0 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	8	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.6 SW	0.4 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.0 SW
Period (s)	7	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	6	8	10	11	11	-	-	-	-	10	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.9 ESE	-	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	0.6 E	1.4 SE
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	4	6	9	10	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	9	9

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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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck 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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1581	1494	1093	1346	1285	1192	1245	1094	1211	1775	2561	2891	2358	1584	1380	1193	1121	957
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	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)			8:20AM 1.53				8:37PM 1.35				9:48AM 1.22				10:22PM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)					2:39PM 0.71				2:45AM 0.88				4:26PM 0.71				4:24AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	21	25	24	22	20	19	18	17	19	21	20	20	18	17	17	17	21
Chill °C (?)	18	21	25	24	22	20	19	18	17	19	21	20	20	18	17	17	17	21
Sunrise	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	9	13	9	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5