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

	Thursday 05			Fri		Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Mon				Tue		Wed				Thu
	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Botswana	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Main Break Swakopmund	Buraco Luanda	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Ambinanibe East	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	North Beach Durban/KZN South	Guns Swakopmund	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	Guns Swakopmund	TTs West	Cabo Ledo Benguela	Guns Swakopmund	Zinkwazi KZN North	TTs West	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Buraco Luanda	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	3	1	3	2	0	4	4	4	4	3	1	4	3	1	3	3	3	4	2	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.3 SSW	2.5 S	0.4 ESE	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.7 E	1.6 S	0.6 SSW	2.5 E
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	12	11	13	10	12	12	10	12	10	11	12	10	11	9	12	9	9	12	7
Energy(?)	1026	699	235	250	229	225	2819	2107	1689	1123	2676	44	1268	2013	166	552	665	920	466	838	106	764
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:34PM 0.35	5:16AM 1.76	5:34PM 1.33		5:16AM 1.52	5:55PM 1.47		6:12AM 1.23	6:11PM 1.76		6:26AM 1.39	6:34PM 1.24		7:28AM 1.00			10:37AM 0.25		9:08PM 1.69	7:54AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)	11:03AM 0.04		11:23AM 0.07		11:06PM 0.18	11:30AM 0.19		11:55PM 0.29	12:16PM 0.27		12:16AM 0.46	12:35PM 0.37		12:37AM 0.42	1:38PM 0.48		1:10AM 0.73	5:04AM 0.11	5:01PM 0.08			3:36PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	2	1	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	20	18	26	26	25	30	22	22	19	19	25	27	23	29	26	33	23	32	25	26	26	25
Low °C	20	17	25	24	24	28	22	18	18	19	22	27	23	26	24	29	20	26	24	25	25	24
Chill °C (?)	20	18	26	26	25	30	22	22	19	19	25	27	23	29	26	33	23	32	25	26	26	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	7:19	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:30	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.4 S	2.3 SSW	2.5 S	0.4 ESE	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	12	13	11	12	11	13	8	8	12	10	12	10	11	12	10	11	9	12	11	9	12	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.1 SE	-	0.4 E	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NW	1.0 SSW	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.5 S	-	0.2 S	1.1 SSW	0.4 W	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	18	16	13	8	8	10	10	-	9	12	13	6	12	14	11	18	12	-	8	12	4	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	-	0.4 WSW	2.2 SSE	0.4 NE	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.5 ESE	1.7 E	-	0.3 SSW	2.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	12	-	3	9	4	4	-	-	4	-	4	9	-	4	7

	Thursday 05					Friday 06								Saturday 07								Sun
	10AM	3PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Botswana	Buraco Luanda	Ambinanibe East	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Main Break Swakopmund	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Main Break Swakopmund	Main Break Swakopmund	North Beach Durban/KZN South	North Beach Durban/KZN South	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Main Break Swakopmund	Main Break Swakopmund	Quissico Inhambane	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	TTs West	Quissico Inhambane	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	2	0	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 E	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.0 SW	0.6 ESE	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	8	10	11	12	12	12	12	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	7	6	6	13	8	12
Energy(?)	309	624	626	554	1294	1354	605	567	567	165	133	269	226	566	712	706	140	439	396	340	113	1963
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:00PM 1.65	5:02PM 1.40				5:08AM 1.43				5:24PM 1.55				5:40AM 1.34				7:24PM 2.54
Low Tide / height (m)					10:38PM 0.10					11:23AM 0.25				11:25PM 0.07					4:13PM 0.00			11:51PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1
Temp. °C	26	30	28	18	18	17	17	17	20	27	26	24	24	23	17	17	31	30	28	25	25	17
Chill °C (?)	26	30	28	18	18	17	17	17	20	27	26	24	24	23	16	17	31	30	28	25	25	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 ESE	2.5 S
Period (s)	13	13	8	10	11	11	12	12	12	7	7	8	7	11	11	11	7	14	13	13	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.6 S	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 E	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.5 SE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	19	10	12	14	11	12	16	16	15	10	10	11	11	7	11	14	10	9	9	9	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	4	5	5	6	6	3	-	-

	Thursday 05															Friday 06
	8AM	11AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Botswana	Buraco Luanda	Ambinanibe East	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Main Break Swakopmund	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Main Break Swakopmund	Main Break Swakopmund	North Beach Durban/KZN South	North Beach Durban/KZN South	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Main Break Swakopmund	Main Break Swakopmund	Quissico Inhambane	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	TTs West	Quissico Inhambane	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	2	0	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 E	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	8	11	12	12	10	10	10	7	7	12	12	12	13	13	11	12	12	12	7	12
Energy(?)	325	492	441	338	1116	935	372	524	515	364	416	214	214	374	749	739	102	440	274	316	206	274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																						5:16AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			10:58AM 0.03												10:51PM 0.17				3:30AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	30	28	18	20	20	18	19	19	27	27	23	23	22	17	17	24	24	24	26	25	23
Chill °C (?)	26	30	28	18	20	20	18	19	19	27	27	23	23	22	17	17	24	24	24	26	25	23
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.0 S	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	13	13	8	8	12	12	10	10	10	13	13	8	8	12	13	13	6	12	12	12	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 E	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	20	15	13	11	15	15	7	14	14	8	11	12	12	8	16	16	8	10	10	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	-	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	0.9 E	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	-	7	4

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