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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Botswana Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wed		Thursday 30			Friday 01			Sat				Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05
	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Botswana	Cabo Ledo Benguela	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	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Quissico Inhambane	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Quissico Inhambane	Zinkwazi KZN North	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Buraco Luanda	Guns Swakopmund	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buraco Luanda	North Beach Durban/KZN South	Buraco Luanda	Buraco Luanda	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Cabo Ledo Benguela
Rating	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	1	4	2	2	3	2	2	4	5	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 S	0.7 WSW	1.3 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	3.5 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	7	16	13	12	12	11	12	14	17	14	17	15	9	15	10	16	6	15	14	11	12	10
Energy	226	4812	2363	1566	818	580	693	1668	1320	546	1727	1992	163	1037	322	318	362	347	347	1422	4651	441
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:43PM 1.52	2:56AM 1.70		3:13PM 1.58	2:48AM 1.65	7:54AM 0.33	3:40PM 1.61	3:51AM 1.96		4:06PM 2.02	4:18AM 2.07		4:34PM 1.46	4:44AM 1.56		5:03PM 1.41		5:11AM 1.48	5:32PM 1.34		5:44AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)	8:39AM 0.26		8:41PM 0.21	9:08AM 0.16		8:47PM 0.25			9:41PM 0.15	10:00AM 0.12		10:09PM 0.14	10:26AM 0.13		10:33PM 0.20	10:55AM 0.35		11:01PM 0.28	11:23AM 0.25		11:32PM 0.35	11:55AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-
High °C	25	22	17	19	21	21	25	22	25	22	29	24	25	18	22	25	27	26	25	15	14	25
Low °C	24	22	15	17	21	17	20	21	21	18	25	22	24	17	22	25	26	25	24	15	14	24
Chill °C (?)	25	22	17	19	21	21	25	22	25	22	29	24	25	18	22	25	27	26	25	13	12	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:19	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	6:35	-	-	5:17	5:57	-	6:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.3 WSW	3.5 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	7	16	13	12	12	11	12	14	17	14	17	15	9	11	10	6	10	15	14	11	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	0.3 E	0.7 S	1.0 E	0.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	0.7 WSW	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	9	10	16	14	7	16	8	11	9	11	6	14	15	16	16	15	6	6	18	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SW	0.5 NE	-	0.6 NE	-	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	-	0.9 NE	-	1.3 ENE	-	-	0.7 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	5	3	4	-	5	-	6	6	-	-	5	-	6	-	-	4	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 01
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Botswana	Zinkwazi KZN North	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	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	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Quissico Inhambane
Rating	5	7	9	5	5	1	0	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.4 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 S
Period(s)	12	13	13	15	15	10	13	14	15	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	18	17	17	15	16	12
Energy	4407	8948	10836	5350	6460	146	395	4704	5182	3966	3563	3006	1290	1038	1050	1071	1294	2524	2293	2530	1766	597
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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 Tide / height (m)			2:27AM 1.64								2:57AM 2.05				3:12PM 1.50				3:22AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	8:11PM 0.30				8:41AM 0.23				8:44PM 0.23				9:07AM 0.14				9:08PM 0.18				9:34AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	19	15	15	16	20	19	24	18	19	21	20	21	20	21	21	21	20	19	19	17	21	28
Chill °C (?)	19	14	14	16	20	19	24	18	19	21	20	21	20	21	21	21	20	19	19	17	21	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSW	2.4 S	1.6 SSW	1.4 S
Period (s)	12	13	13	15	15	10	13	14	15	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	11	17	17	15	16	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	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	0.7 ENE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.3 E	1.1 S	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	15	15	5	18	11	11	10	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	12	13	13	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	5	-	-	-	4	9	4

	Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	4AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Botswana	Zinkwazi KZN North	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	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	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Quissico Inhambane
Rating	5	7	9	5	5	1	0	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.5 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14
Energy	4344	3144	8854	8883	8746	209	63	9288	3181	1742	1913	1940	5921	5620	7074	6000	5017	4678	5824	4171	5417	3349
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)						1:45AM 1.61													2:43PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	8:11PM 0.30												8:40AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	17	17	16	15	15	21	15	19	20	20	20	17	19	19	20	21	21	20	20	20	23
Chill °C (?)	20	16	16	15	14	14	21	14	18	20	20	20	16	19	19	20	21	21	20	20	20	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.0 SW	1.0 E	3.0 S	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	4.0 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	13	10	9	13	9	9	9	9	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	16	11	10	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	-	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SW	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	12	-	12	12	12	2	4	13	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

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