Botswana Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Botswana wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the Botswana region.

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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Botswana Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Botswana Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Botswana Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Botswana Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Botswana Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Botswana Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Botswana Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Botswana Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Botswana Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Botswana Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed		Thursday 30			Fri				Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tue		Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Botswana	Sodwana KZN North	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Quissico Inhambane	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ambinanibe East	Buraco Luanda	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Buraco Luanda	Quissico Inhambane	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buraco Luanda	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buraco Luanda	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Guns Swakopmund
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	1	4	4	1	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.6 S	3.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	0.6 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	1.5 S	1.6 S	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	16	13	12	12	14	12	14	12	10	17	16	9	13	10	16	13	12	14	7	7	12	10
Energy	5138	2363	1577	820	4851	692	1486	709	135	1712	2028	118	577	242	358	404	600	405	317	312	1876	1777
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:17AM 1.64	7:28AM 0.34	3:13PM 1.58	3:24AM 1.96		3:39PM 2.01	3:51AM 2.10		4:07PM 1.49	4:16AM 1.61		4:34PM 1.46	4:43AM 1.51		5:03PM 1.45		5:15AM 2.17	5:30PM 2.09		5:40AM 1.35	6:06PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)		8:16PM 0.27			9:13PM 0.17	9:33AM 0.14		9:42PM 0.14	9:59AM 0.11		10:05PM 0.17	10:28AM 0.29		10:33PM 0.21	10:54AM 0.18		10:54PM 0.44	11:25AM 0.33		11:32PM 0.36	11:55AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	4	-	-
High °C	23	17	19	24	23	25	22	23	25	27	23	25	28	22	25	31	27	25	22	21	21	18
Low °C	22	15	16	23	19	20	20	22	24	25	22	24	25	21	25	28	24	24	21	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	23	17	19	24	23	25	22	23	25	27	23	25	28	22	25	31	27	25	22	21	21	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-
Sunset	5:19	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	6:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.6 S	3.5 SSW	1.5 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	0.7 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 SW	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.5 S	0.8 SW
Period (s)	16	13	12	12	14	12	14	12	7	17	16	9	13	10	8	13	7	14	8	8	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.3 SW	0.5 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.6 S	0.5 SSE	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.1 NW
Period (s)	9	10	4	15	-	4	9	16	10	6	7	14	8	6	16	10	11	6	11	10	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 NE	0.7 ENE	-	0.4 NNW	-	1.7 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 S	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.2 SSW	-	1.5 S	1.6 S	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	-	3	-	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	8	12	-	7	7	12	10

	Wednesday 29					Thursday 30								Friday 01								Sat
	10AM	2PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Botswana	Cabo Ledo Benguela	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Ambinanibe East	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	St Lucia KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	North Beach Durban/KZN South	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Quissico Inhambane	Quissico Inhambane	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	3	1	0	5	6	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.1 S	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period(s)	10	10	13	14	15	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	18	17	17	16	9	12	12	14	13	13
Energy	640	146	396	4704	5182	3966	3564	3006	1312	968	1069	1019	1427	2444	2505	2617	419	594	664	1094	1051	1035
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	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)							2:57AM 2.05				3:12PM 1.50				3:22AM 1.65				3:40PM 2.29
Low Tide / height (m)	8:15AM 0.21				8:44PM 0.23				9:07AM 0.14				9:08PM 0.18				9:01AM 0.24				9:36PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	19	24	18	20	21	21	21	20	23	21	21	21	20	18	18	16	28	27	17	17	21
Chill °C (?)	25	19	24	18	20	21	21	21	20	23	21	21	21	20	18	18	16	28	27	17	17	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	10	10	13	14	15	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	11	17	17	16	9	12	12	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.1 S	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.5 S	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 E
Period (s)	12	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	15	15	10	18	11	11	10	12	9	20	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.6 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	6	-	-	-	5	-	4	4	-	9	-

	Wednesday 29	Thursday 30
	8AM	10AM	12PM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Botswana	Cabo Ledo Benguela	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Ambinanibe East	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	St Lucia KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Sodwana KZN North	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	North Beach Durban/KZN South	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Quissico Inhambane	Quissico Inhambane	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	3	1	0	5	6	5	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.9 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE
Period(s)	12	10	14	15	16	15	15	16	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	16	16	13	12	12
Energy	576	115	62	6460	6733	3499	4001	4531	3819	3541	4675	4807	3087	3011	3655	3454	726	6305	6225	1974	1915	1745
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							2:43PM 1.89												3:00AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)													8:39PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	16	24	21	22	23	22	22	19	18	18	19	16	16	17	17	14	23	23	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	24	16	24	21	22	23	22	22	19	18	18	19	16	16	17	17	14	23	23	13	14	14
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 E	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.9 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE
Period (s)	12	10	9	15	16	15	15	16	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	10	16	16	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 WSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	14	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	14	8	8	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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