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

	Wed	Thursday 30			Friday 01			Sat	Fri	Sat		Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Resort West	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boucan Lefts Réunion	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Chameau Mauritius	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Onrus Overberg	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Alfonsina (Mar del Plata) Buenos Aires	Playa Mariano (Mar del Plata) Buenos Aires	Cardoso Santa Catarina - Sul	Buchupureo Concepcion	Barra do Sahy São Paulo	Geriba Rio de Janeiro	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	7	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	5	5	5	6	5	9	9	4	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.0 WSW	2.3 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 S	1.9 SW	6.0 SSE	5.0 SE
Period(s)	13	12	13	16	14	16	12	11	14	13	11	13	13	15	14	14	16	12	12	14	12	12
Energy	2440	1447	2235	2553	3509	5506	2677	1952	1391	1204	4589	3191	2983	2293	2008	2671	5119	2648	3777	1623	11667	7732
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:56AM 1.72		3:12PM 1.84		4:57AM 2.47	5:12PM 2.51	4:01AM 2.78	10:20PM 1.00	4:03PM 1.62	4:12AM 1.59		4:33PM 1.49	1:17AM 0.53		5:02PM 1.43	1:46AM 0.50	5:09AM 1.46	2:36PM 0.40	2:03AM 0.62		6:07PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)	8:42PM 0.21	9:06AM 0.19		2:50PM 1.31	11:05AM 0.16		9:54PM 0.15	4:04AM 0.18		10:02PM 0.20	10:24AM 0.15		7:23PM 0.18	8:08AM 0.07		7:53PM 0.21	11:22AM 0.27		7:56PM 0.24	5:32PM 0.18		12:07AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	4	-	17	7
High °C	23	17	20	26	19	25	16	18	19	22	12	11	16	14	22	23	22	14	16	20	16	16
Low °C	20	14	18	26	14	25	15	16	19	21	8	9	16	13	21	23	22	13	13	19	15	15
Chill °C (?)	23	17	20	26	19	25	16	17	19	22	9	9	15	14	22	23	22	13	16	20	15	15
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:18	-	5:58	-	7:33	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:20	-	5:43	-	5:23	5:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.0 WSW	2.3 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 S	1.9 SW	0.8 SW	5.0 SE
Period (s)	13	12	13	16	14	16	12	11	14	13	11	13	13	15	14	14	16	12	12	14	15	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.4 SW	1.4 SSE	1.0 S	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 ENE	1.6 WSW	-	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	13	11	5	10	-	10	11	8	18	-	-	11	11	-	9	9	18	12	8	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	-	1.8 SE	-	1.7 NW	-	-	3.5 S	-	-	-	0.9 E	-	1.0 E	-	2.0 W	-	6.0 SSE	1.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	7	-	6	-	-	11	-	-	-	4	-	5	-	7	-	12	9

	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30								Friday 01							Sat	Fri	Sat
	5PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	6AM	9AM	11AM	8AM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	10PM	1AM	7PM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Mapelane KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Flame Bowls West	Resort West	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Chigualoco Antofagasta	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Saint Leu Réunion	Boucan Lefts Réunion	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boucan Lefts Réunion	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Saint Leu Réunion	Chameau Mauritius	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	7	7	6	5	6	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 WNW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	14	17	17	16	15	16	16	14	15	13	14	14	15	12	12
Energy	6083	6060	5182	3283	7336	8468	4180	3887	3395	5112	5691	5175	6578	5134	3509	3926	3027	3408	3029	1206	3126	3904
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:44PM 1.54				4:29AM 2.42				3:06PM 1.60							1:01PM 0.50	3:37PM 1.52		12:29AM 0.70		3:44AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			8:44PM 0.23				9:14AM 0.29				9:05PM 0.20		6:41AM 0.07		9:31AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	19	12	21	23	23	13	17	17	16	15	25	27	19	26	17	25	25	20	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	21	19	11	21	23	23	13	17	17	15	14	25	27	19	26	17	25	25	20	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54
Sunset	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	5:38	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 WNW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	14	17	17	16	15	16	16	14	15	13	14	14	15	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 ENE	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 NW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	-	-	8	15	11	11	11	11	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	9	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-

	Wednesday 29									Thursday 30
	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	4PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	5AM	6AM	5AM	8AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	3AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Mapelane KZN North	Mapelane KZN North	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Flame Bowls West	Resort West	Guinjata Bay Inhambane	Chigualoco Antofagasta	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Saint Leu Réunion	Boucan Lefts Réunion	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boucan Lefts Réunion	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Saint Leu Réunion	Chameau Mauritius	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	7	7	6	5	6	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.2 WNW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 S	0.8 SW	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.2 SSE	0.4 SW	2.0 SSE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSE
Period(s)	15	16	15	16	12	13	15	11	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	11	14	11	14	12
Energy	6594	6939	6850	2873	1486	1626	3458	383	2257	2333	2308	2093	68	79	1918	99	1880	126	72	499	1631	1597
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:44PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)							8:56PM 0.30	3:08PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	21	15	24	23	24	15	13	15	14	14	26	26	14	27	14	27	27	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	14	24	23	24	14	12	15	14	14	26	26	14	27	14	27	27	19	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.2 WNW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 S	0.8 SW	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.2 SSE	0.4 SW	2.0 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	15	16	15	16	12	13	15	11	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	11	11	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.2 W	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.3 SSW	1.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 E	0.1 W	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	10	9	9	12	-	-	-	18	10	10	10	10	6	14	10	14	14	14	8	18	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.4 ESE	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	-	0.3 SE	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	6	-	-	4	4

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