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

	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Sat				Sun		Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Spot Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Mpame Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bajada de los Palitos Chubut	Bajada de los Palitos Chubut	Bajada de los Palitos Chubut	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Cerro Verde North	Ilha dos Lobos Rio Grande Do Sul	Itapiruba North Side Santa Catarina - Sul	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Mata Veri Easter Island	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	5	5	5	5	6	8	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	9	8	5	5	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SE	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	5.5 SE	5.0 SE	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 S	3.5 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 E	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSE	1.4 S	1.8 S	6.5 SW	5.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	12	11	18	13	12	10	11	13	13	13	13	16	14	14	14	13	14	15	14	15	12	12
Energy	6257	3473	3233	10496	7195	4590	7647	11530	4125	3253	3458	2290	2213	1704	853	2216	15285	11283	3202	3674	6412	4427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:59PM 1.46		6:12AM 1.26	6:56PM 1.46		6:54AM 1.14	7:47PM 1.10			4:07PM 1.11		5:48AM 0.77		10:53PM 1.28	11:21AM 1.19		11:58PM 1.31	12:32PM 1.27		12:59AM 1.51	1:21PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)	2:09AM 0.42		12:07AM 0.49	12:32PM 0.42		12:49AM 0.56	1:22PM 0.50		1:44AM 0.69	9:09AM 0.57		11:39PM 0.35	10:43AM 0.57	4:07PM 0.61		5:16AM 0.62	5:33PM 0.57		6:29AM 0.53	6:36PM 0.52		7:16AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	16	3	-	-	2
High °C	14	13	12	16	16	21	19	21	7	6	8	20	20	11	11	13	19	17	23	20	16	16
Low °C	13	12	10	16	16	19	17	19	4	4	8	19	19	10	9	9	18	14	15	19	15	14
Chill °C (?)	12	11	10	14	15	21	19	21	2	5	8	20	20	8	8	12	18	16	23	20	14	14
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:30	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:54	7:48	-	7:11
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:20	-	-	6:15	5:22	-	5:45	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SE	1.3 WNW	2.3 SW	5.5 SE	5.0 SE	2.5 S	3.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 E	1.9 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSE	1.4 S	1.8 S	0.4 SE	5.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	-
Period (s)	12	10	10	13	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	11	14	14	14	13	12	15	14	15	12	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SE	1.0 SSE	0.5 E	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.7 E	3.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	16	20	18	16	15	10	17	10	-	-	-	16	13	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SW	-	0.7 SW	-	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	0.4 WNW	2.1 SSW	6.5 SW	-	1.5 NW	1.6 NNW	-	4.0 SW
Period (s)	-	11	-	13	-	10	11	13	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	11	14	-	5	6	-	12

	Tue	Wednesday 06						Thursday 07								Friday 08
	9PM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Mata Veri Easter Island	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Mapelane KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	6	5	9	9	5	6	7	5	4	5	5	5	5	7	6	6	5	6	8	6	7	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSE	6.5 SSE	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	3.5 SE	2.4 SSE	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	3.0 SSW	4.0 SE	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 S
Period(s)	18	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	18	18	17	17	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	13
Energy	5028	3940	12434	8751	5939	5743	6166	3927	1398	3233	3636	3256	3111	6196	5468	5017	3599	5854	7647	5449	6826	11386
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	high	high	low-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:27PM 0.47	5:23AM 1.49				6:06PM 1.24					2:05AM 0.75			6:51PM 1.28				6:56AM 1.16				7:44PM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)				11:55AM 0.33				12:05AM 0.46				7:06AM 0.47				12:53AM 0.63				1:13PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	15	13	22	15	15	15	15	16	11	10	9	13	15	14	14	19	16	19	21	21	17
Chill °C (?)	21	14	12	22	15	14	13	14	16	10	8	7	12	14	14	14	19	15	19	21	21	16
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.4 S	0.7 WSW	4.0 SE	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	3.5 SE	2.4 SSE	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	2.2 S	4.0 SE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.0 S
Period (s)	18	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	18	17	17	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 NE	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	10	12	16	16	12	16	15	15	7	18	10	10	9	15	14	13	10	10	17	17	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SSE	6.5 SSE	4.5 SE	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 S
Period (s)	-	11	12	11	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	11	11	11	13

	Tue	Wednesday 06																				Thu
	7PM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Mata Veri Easter Island	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Mapelane KZN North	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	6	5	9	9	5	6	7	5	4	5	5	5	5	7	6	6	5	6	8	6	7	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.1 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSE	0.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	7.0 SE	7.0 SE	7.0 SE	1.9 SSE	6.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.6 S	2.5 SSE	3.5 SE
Period(s)	18	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	13	13	11	12	11	11	11	11
Energy	5110	2119	1836	604	3007	2096	2096	3440	106	964	1034	1096	1096	15554	16931	16279	905	11081	1635	251	1749	3070
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)																	6:03PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)											6:29AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	3	4	6	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	15	16	18	14	16	15	20	24	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	20	16	18	20	17	18
Chill °C (?)	21	14	15	18	12	14	14	20	24	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	20	14	18	20	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.7 E	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.9 SSE	0.6 SW	2.5 SSE	1.0 NE	2.5 SSE	3.5 SE
Period (s)	18	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	7	9	10	10	10	15	15	15	11	15	11	6	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.3 WSW	2.4 ESE	1.1 S	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.3 S	0.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 NE	0.4 WSW	0.7 NE	0.6 S	0.6 NE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	12	8	11	9	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	6	12	6	11	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	1.2 NE	2.0 N	2.1 N	2.1 N	2.1 N	7.0 SE	7.0 SE	7.0 SE	0.4 NNW	6.0 SSE	0.8 S	0.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	6	7	7	13	13	13	3	12	4	3	-	-

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