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 14			Fri				Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Muizenberg Cape Town	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Ferrugem Santa Catarina - Sul	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Chigualoco Antofagasta	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Tamarin Bay Mauritius	Picoto Río Negro	Cabo Corrientes Buenos Aires	Cerro Chato North	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Cardoso Santa Catarina - Sul	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro	Grumari Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro
Rating	5	9	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 WSW	2.4 N	1.7 S	1.4 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 WNW	2.1 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.2 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s)	12	13	12	13	14	14	15	13	11	14	13	11	12	15	14	16	16	13	16	16	16	15
Energy	3111	12470	3552	1354	3407	3516	3038	3510	1354	1099	1209	3056	1136	1885	3185	3216	3257	1270	4413	1398	5174	3294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:34AM 1.55	1:59PM 1.45		2:14AM 1.72		2:45PM 1.50	2:31AM 1.88		3:24PM 1.88	3:15AM 1.89	9:59PM 1.01	6:56AM 3.48	1:10AM 0.72	1:06AM 3.71	8:15AM 1.29	2:47PM 0.36	9:19PM 0.58		4:52PM 0.92		3:46AM 0.86
Low Tide / height (m)	6:43PM 0.30		7:53AM 0.16	6:49AM 0.17		8:04AM 0.02		8:19PM 0.37	10:08PM 0.16		9:03PM 0.34	3:41AM 0.08		7:10PM 0.16	6:55PM 0.10	3:05AM 0.26	4:56PM 0.27	2:51AM 0.02	10:12AM 0.05		11:58PM 0.54	11:19AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	13	2
High °C	16	15	16	19	15	16	20	16	7	22	19	12	11	24	11	11	14	18	15	21	20	21
Low °C	16	14	14	16	15	16	19	15	6	21	18	12	10	23	10	9	13	18	15	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	15	13	15	19	15	16	20	15	5	22	19	11	11	24	10	9	13	18	14	21	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:03	6:48	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	7:46	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:16
Sunset	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 WSW	2.4 N	1.7 S	1.4 S	2.5 SW	1.9 WNW	2.1 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.9 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	12	13	12	13	14	14	15	13	11	14	12	11	12	15	14	16	16	13	16	9	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	-	-	0.3 ENE	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SW	2.1 S	-	0.6 E	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	0.1 N	-	1.4 SSE	-	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.8 ESE	1.2 S	1.8 S	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	9	12	11	16	13	-	7	13	16	9	-	15	-	16	15	6	16	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	1.0 S	1.4 SE	-	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	6	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 13					Thursday 14								Friday 15								Sat
	6AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	8:30PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Cabo Corrientes Buenos Aires	Hell West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Arugam Bay East	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Capo Marina West Coast	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	5	5	5	9	9	9	9	9	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 SW	2.4 WSW
Period(s)	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	9	12	9	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13
Energy	4772	3557	3111	10017	8053	12470	10195	8400	3552	3117	1403	2315	3554	3407	5018	3183	3516	6002	3038	3082	3907	3510
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	3:26AM 1.47	12:46PM 1.37				1:34AM 1.55				1:59PM 1.45			8:13PM 0.26		2:14AM 1.72				2:45PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)				7:10PM 0.30				7:55AM 0.16				7:55PM 0.19					8:04AM 0.02				8:13PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	16	16	14	14	14	13	14	16	18	27	15	13	15	15	16	16	19	19	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	6	16	16	12	12	12	12	12	15	18	27	15	12	15	14	16	16	19	19	16	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	-	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 SW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	-	13	13	12	12	12	12	9	12	9	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 S	2.1 S
Period (s)	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	14	14	-	12	11	11	11	16	16	11	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 S	-	-	5.5 SW	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	2.2 SSW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.1 SE
Period (s)	11	-	-	13	-	13	12	12	-	-	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 13															Thursday 14
	4AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	10:30PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Whacky Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cabo Corrientes Buenos Aires	Cabo Corrientes Buenos Aires	Constitucion (Mar del Plata) Buenos Aires	Hell West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	5	5	5	9	9	9	9	9	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	4.0 SSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period(s)	13	14	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy	11464	7366	4772	4772	4680	3557	3645	3522	3111	3343	14428	10017	10017	10435	8053	12605	12478	12470	11828	11156	10195	10042
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																		1:34AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)												7:10PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	22	9	8	8	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	17	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	17	22	6	4	4	16	15	15	16	16	12	12	12	16	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	13
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	-	-	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	0.4 S	-	-	0.3 SE	2.0 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	1.8 WSW	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	12	-	-	11	12	11	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	4.0 SSW	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period (s)	13	14	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	14	-	13	13	13	13	12	12	12

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