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	Tue	Wed		Thursday 07			Fri				Sat		Sunday 10			Mon		Tue
	Night	AM	Night	AM	Night	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	PM	Night	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Bambul Rio de Janeiro	Barra do Sahy São Paulo	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mata Veri Easter Island	Lebu Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Margate Durban/KZN South	Barrancon Tarapaca	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Bajada de los Palitos Chubut	Alfonsina (Mar del Plata) Buenos Aires	Stillbaai Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Cardoso Santa Catarina - Sul	Danger Reef Cape Town	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	5	4	9	5	5	6	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	8	5	8	5	6	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.2 S	3.0 ESE	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	5.5 SSE	3.5 SSW	1.6 SW	4.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 E	6.0 S	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 S	4.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	14	16	8	11	17	19	18	12	12	19	13	13	18	17	12	15	12	11	14	12	13	13
Energy	2677	2354	2885	3241	4356	4160	2872	9104	3169	3042	5319	4669	3033	2682	1519	27552	7125	3596	3566	5704	2365	3966
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:34AM 0.88	10:03PM 0.52	4:31PM 1.00		4:27AM 0.94	5:24PM 0.90		6:48PM 1.18	9:33AM 0.58		10:20PM 0.47		8:03AM 1.09		9:22PM 1.08	9:42AM 1.04		10:58PM 1.23		7:01AM 0.85	6:11PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)		3:21AM 0.18		11:17PM 0.32	11:35AM 0.23		11:57PM 0.46		3:08AM 0.43	4:10PM 0.34		1:54AM 0.66		2:22PM 0.79	3:38AM 0.68		4:09PM 0.55		12:24AM 0.30	12:21PM 0.52		1:01AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	82	2	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	6	-	-
High °C	21	28	17	20	22	13	12	16	21	21	17	16	20	19	10	11	12	13	16	17	20	18
Low °C	20	25	16	16	21	13	10	16	16	19	16	14	19	19	8	8	11	12	11	16	20	14
Chill °C (?)	21	28	15	20	22	11	10	14	21	21	16	15	20	19	8	7	9	11	16	16	20	18
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	5:34	-	-	5:30	-	5:22	-	6:15	-	5:44	-	-	5:55	5:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	5.5 SSE	1.0 ESE	2.0 SW	4.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 E	5.0 SSE	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 S	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	14	16	11	11	17	10	10	12	10	12	13	13	18	11	12	16	12	11	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.6 E	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	1.5 SSE	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	1.6 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	-	-	0.9 SE	2.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.9 S	0.5 E	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	6	12	11	10	19	18	16	20	19	17	16	12	17	-	-	11	13	9	10	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	-	3.0 ESE	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 SW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	6.0 S	3.5 WSW	0.9 NW	-	4.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	8	3	-	-	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	12	4	-	12	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 05									Wednesday 06						Thu	Wed	Thursday 07
	5PM	7PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	8PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Buchupureo Concepcion	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Canto do Moreira São Paulo	Bambul Rio de Janeiro	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Bambul Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Hell West Coast	Mata Veri Easter Island	Mata Veri Easter Island	Mata Veri Easter Island	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Millars Point Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mpame Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Buchupureo Concepcion	Lebu Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion
Rating	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	8	9	6	5	8	8	4	5	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	5.5 SE	7.0 SE	6.0 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	5.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	13	12	16	16	16	16	15	11	18	18	18	11	12	13	12	12	12	11	19	18	18	17
Energy	3026	1122	3400	3287	4161	3498	3617	3269	4378	4959	5003	7533	23949	11624	4229	7663	7122	1370	3158	5173	3400	3230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)					3:54AM 0.98			5:20PM 1.32			8:27PM 0.47	5:39AM 1.37				6:05PM 1.28					2:05AM 0.75
Low Tide / height (m)		4:40PM 0.15	10:15PM 0.41				10:30AM 0.11		2:20PM 0.33					11:50AM 0.52				12:05AM 0.46	8:29PM 0.34			7:06AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	19	20	20	21	21	25	15	22	22	22	12	13	13	20	20	14	16	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	16	19	20	20	21	21	25	14	22	22	22	11	13	11	20	20	13	15	9	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33
Sunset	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	5.5 SE	6.0 SE	6.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	5.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	12	16	16	16	16	15	11	18	18	18	11	12	13	12	12	12	11	19	18	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.8 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	2.0 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 NE	1.0 WNW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	13	18	9	9	5	9	9	12	11	11	10	11	12	16	8	16	15	7	9	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 E	0.6 E	1.0 E	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	7.0 SE	1.0 N	-	4.0 SE	1.1 NW	0.2 WNW	2.1 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	5	4	9	-	-	-	-	-	12	5	-	12	4	4	10	-	-	-

	Monday 04							Tue	Monday 04			Tuesday 05
	3PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	4AM	9PM	10PM	11PM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Buchupureo Concepcion	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Canto do Moreira São Paulo	Bambul Rio de Janeiro	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Bambul Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Hell West Coast	Mata Veri Easter Island	Mata Veri Easter Island	Mata Veri Easter Island	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Millars Point Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mpame Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Buchupureo Concepcion	Lebu Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion
Rating	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	8	9	6	5	8	8	4	5	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	12	17	17	16	13	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	3145	949	1864	1952	2199	2215	2163	1642	2574	2644	2706	1324	1080	382	222	202	449	178	1422	1535	1279	1206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																11:23AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	21	21	22	23	21	21	15	22	22	21	16	15	16	18	21	18	25	15	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	21	21	22	23	21	21	15	22	22	21	15	15	15	18	21	17	25	14	12	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 ENE	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	13	13	14	12	11	11	11	13	12	11	12	12	10	8	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 NW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	13	19	-	9	-	9	9	11	17	17	16	11	11	11	5	8	11	12	16	19	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 E	0.7 E	1.1 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.8 SSE	-	1.1 SSE	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	9	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	4	-	5	-	-	4	-	-

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