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

	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	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 Botswana	Nungwi Reefs Zanzibar	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	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ambinanibe East	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Ambinanibe East	Ambinanibe East	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buraco Luanda	Quissico Inhambane	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South
Rating	1	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	4	4	0	3	3	2	3	2	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 E	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.6 S	3.5 SSW	1.5 S	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.0 SW	0.5 S	1.9 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	10	16	13	12	12	14	12	14	12	13	17	16	12	11	14	16	13	14	15	11	10	10
Energy	47	5138	2363	1591	840	4851	689	1669	709	521	1651	2002	344	383	931	417	225	420	231	1107	2207	1780
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:43PM 1.52	2:46AM 1.24			3:23AM 1.73		3:39PM 2.01	3:51AM 2.10		4:07PM 1.49	4:15AM 1.57		4:33PM 1.82	4:43AM 1.51		5:03PM 1.45	6:33PM 2.43	5:44AM 1.14	5:30PM 2.09		5:40AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)	8:41AM 0.23		8:50PM 0.24	8:39AM 0.13	1:52PM 0.02	9:10PM 0.17	9:33AM 0.13		9:42PM 0.14	10:00AM 0.12		10:04PM 0.18	10:26AM 0.13		10:33PM 0.21	10:54AM 0.18		12:43AM 0.32	11:41AM 0.32		11:38PM 0.40	11:55AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	1	-	9
High °C	27	22	17	20	24	23	25	22	23	24	28	24	24	27	17	32	35	25	28	14	15	13
Low °C	26	22	15	17	23	19	20	21	22	20	25	22	20	24	15	24	22	24	23	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	27	22	17	20	24	23	25	22	23	24	28	24	24	27	17	32	35	25	28	12	13	11
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:30
Sunset	-	5:19	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:25	-	-	6:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.6 S	3.5 SSW	1.5 S	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.6 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.0 SW	0.7 E	1.9 WSW	3.0 SSW	0.1 E
Period (s)	10	16	13	12	12	14	12	14	12	13	17	16	12	11	10	8	8	14	6	11	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.6 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	1.1 ENE	1.0 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	1.2 WSW	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.1 E
Period (s)	6	9	10	10	14	-	4	8	16	9	6	6	9	9	14	10	13	6	11	18	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	1.7 ENE	-	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	-	0.5 N	0.6 SSW	-	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	-	6	-	6	6	9	5	5	-	4	-	4	4	-	10

	Wednesday 29							Thursday 30								Friday 01
	5AM	8AM	10AM	2PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Botswana	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	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	TTs West	Buraco Luanda	Quissico Inhambane	Quissico Inhambane	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	9	5	3	1	0	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	3.5 S	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	1.8 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.0 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.8 S
Period(s)	13	15	10	10	13	14	15	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	18	17	17	13	10	12	12	14
Energy	10836	5350	640	146	396	4704	5182	3985	3563	3008	1291	1038	1052	1078	1228	2444	2302	2422	129	557	593	1224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	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	mid-ebb
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				9:26AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	25	19	24	18	20	21	21	21	20	24	22	22	22	20	19	24	25	28	28	18
Chill °C (?)	14	15	25	19	24	18	20	21	21	21	20	24	22	22	22	20	19	24	25	28	28	18
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.5 S	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	1.8 SSE	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	13	15	10	10	13	14	15	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	11	17	17	13	10	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.0 S	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	10	10	12	14	9	9	9	9	9	9	16	15	15	5	18	11	11	17	7	4	20	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	0.7 ENE	1.1 NE	-	-	0.7 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	5	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	-

	Wednesday 29																					Thu
	3AM	4AM	4AM	6AM	8AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	8PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Botswana	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	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	TTs West	Buraco Luanda	Quissico Inhambane	Quissico Inhambane	Gonubie Reef (The Lefts) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	9	5	3	1	0	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.3 SSW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	2.3 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSE
Period(s)	13	13	9	10	11	15	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	14	13	12	15	16	13
Energy	8968	9288	351	167	49	5350	9581	4468	2759	3091	5017	4678	5824	5609	3819	3541	4675	1703	486	6549	6628	2595
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					7:01AM 0.33								2:43PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)							8:38AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	24	15	23	16	20	21	22	23	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	23	26	23	23	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	24	14	23	15	20	21	22	23	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	23	26	23	23	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.0 E	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	2.3 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	9	10	9	15	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	14	13	12	15	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	0.1 W	1.5 S	0.6 ESE	0.4 E
Period (s)	10	10	13	16	11	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	-	18	16	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 WSW	-	4.0 SSW	2.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	-	-	0.9 ESE	-
Period (s)	13	13	-	2	4	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	8	-

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