Global-Atlantic Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Global-Atlantic 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 Global-Atlantic region.

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Global-Atlantic Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Mon		Tue				Wed		Thursday 30			Friday 01			Sat				Sunday 03			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Resort West	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Boucan Rights Réunion	Saint Leu Réunion	Saint Leu Réunion	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Ambinanibe East	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Praia d'Agua Santa Catarina - Sul	Tamarin Bay Mauritius	Hell West Coast	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	6	5	5	9	7	4	5	6	5	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.7 W	3.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	10	11	11	12	14	13	14	13	15	14	17	16	15	12	12	18	12	9	18	14	12	13
Energy	3060	2949	3072	3587	7369	962	5643	3363	3761	1804	3176	7059	5529	1868	2954	1167	918	1734	1567	730	2496	5508
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:23PM 0.84	9:52AM 0.87			2:25AM 1.58		2:43PM 1.47	6:42PM 0.79		3:06PM 1.60	3:14AM 1.75		3:40PM 1.55	3:51AM 1.76		4:07PM 1.49	4:15AM 1.57		8:32AM 3.27	4:44AM 1.67		9:05AM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)	3:39AM 0.46		11:50PM 0.04	7:39PM 0.28	8:09PM 0.27	8:40AM 0.21			9:03AM 0.15		9:05PM 0.22	9:31AM 0.11		9:39PM 0.15	10:00AM 0.11		10:04PM 0.18	10:26AM 0.13		10:34PM 0.19	10:53AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	23	13	15	21	16	11	20	23	24	17	26	26	25	17	20	28	20	19	26	17	21	17
Low °C	20	13	14	20	14	11	19	20	23	17	25	25	25	16	16	25	19	13	24	16	21	17
Chill °C (?)	23	11	13	21	14	11	20	23	24	16	26	26	25	17	20	28	20	18	26	17	21	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:29	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-	6:06	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:22	5:24	-	5:46	-	-	6:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.3 E	3.5 SSW	0.7 E	4.0 SSW	1.7 W	3.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 E	1.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	14	13	14	13	15	14	17	16	15	12	12	18	12	11	18	9	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	1.3 S	-	1.7 S	0.5 NNE	0.6 E	1.3 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.4 SSE	1.1 S	-	-	1.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.2 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 E	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	11	13	-	16	9	9	16	6	12	6	-	-	12	7	11	13	6	11	14	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	-	1.5 ESE	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	3.0 S	0.6 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	6	-	9	4	-	-	-

	Monday 27					Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thu
	5PM	8PM	10AM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	1AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Beach Road Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bragar (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides
Rating	5	5	4	4	6	6	6	4	5	5	5	6	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	6	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	2.3 WNW	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 WNW
Period(s)	18	17	13	10	11	11	12	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	16	14	14	15
Energy	5236	4606	1815	1445	5023	5443	5364	1467	3072	3142	3363	5123	10187	10442	12324	7207	6272	5280	3231	5671	5092	3085
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)						1:53AM 1.49					2:04PM 1.48				2:27AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	3:36PM 0.56			7:02PM 0.33				11:50PM 0.04	8:05AM 0.28				8:10PM 0.27				8:40AM 0.20				8:42PM 0.21	12:48AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	21	15	15	13	15	19	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	19	19	14	18	18	12
Chill °C (?)	16	17	21	14	14	11	14	19	13	13	14	12	14	14	14	13	19	19	14	18	18	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	2.3 WNW	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 WNW
Period (s)	18	17	13	10	10	12	12	13	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	16	14	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 W	1.8 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	1.3 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.6 W	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	15	10	10	10	10	-	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	1.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	13	-	10	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 27															Tuesday 28
	3PM	4PM	4AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	9AM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	Fourth Beach WA - Far South	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Beach Road Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bragar (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides
Rating	5	5	4	4	6	6	6	4	5	5	5	6	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	6	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	3.0 SSW	0.9 NNE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.8 NNE
Period(s)	18	18	14	11	10	9	10	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	12	10	11	11	10
Energy	5296	5236	1991	2485	2344	2185	2398	1842	1518	1634	1664	4678	2668	3356	3304	78	78	2436	216	2141	2106	165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)						1:34PM 1.27												1:52AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		3:36PM 0.56										7:29PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	18	19	14	23	23	22	20	14	13	13	13	17	20	19	14	15	15	10	17	17	10
Chill °C (?)	21	17	19	13	23	23	22	20	12	11	10	10	16	20	19	12	13	13	10	16	16	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	2.3 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.4 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.9 NNE	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	18	18	14	11	10	10	10	13	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 S	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	15	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	9	10	-	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	-	11	11	-

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