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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	Thu	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	3	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	6	9	10	12	13	12	12	11	10	10	9
Energy(?)	1626	1093	1365	1094	2377	1547	1213	753	524	258	106	73	1415	2638	5987	6237	3580	2894	1409	1340	979	346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:16AM		8:35PM	9:48AM	7:18PM	10:20PM	11:12AM		11:45PM	12:14PM		12:40AM	12:56PM		1:19AM	1:25PM			1:46PM	1:58AM
Low Tide / height (m)	1:36AM		2:39PM	2:52AM		4:27PM	4:32AM		5:50PM		5:43AM	6:45PM 1:20AM		6:31AM	7:17PM		7:11AM	7:47PM	8:41AM	6:54PM		9:06AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	1	-	-
High °C	20	25	23	20	21	20	18	22	24	20	23	22	18	17	20	17	18	19	18	20	20	17
Low °C	18	21	23	17	19	19	17	20	24	19	21	20	17	17	19	15	18	19	16	17	19	15
Chill °C (?)	20	25	23	20	21	20	18	22	24	20	23	22	17	16	20	16	17	19	18	20	20	16
Sunrise	-	5:15	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	6	6	7	7	11	11	11	10	12	11	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.2 SW
Period (s)	7	9	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	10	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	4	6	9	10	12	13	12	12	-	-	-	4

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	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay 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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	754	726	663	1626	1581	1494	1093	1346	1365	1245	1077	1094	1211	1573	2377	2195	1547	1055
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:18PM 1.22					8:20AM 1.53				8:37PM 1.35				9:48AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)				1:36AM 0.56					2:39PM 0.71				2:45AM 0.88				4:27PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	19	19	18	21	25	23	23	20	19	18	17	19	21	21	19	18
Chill °C (?)	21	20	19	19	18	21	25	23	23	20	19	18	17	19	21	21	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	6	15	15	7	7	7	9	9	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-