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				Thu		Friday 08			Sat	Fri	Sat		Sunday 10			Mon		Tuesday 12			Wed
	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	Night	PM	PM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Double Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Fish Boma Garden Route	Mata Veri Easter Island	Bajada de los Palitos Chubut	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Skeleton Bay Swakopmund	Cerro Verde North	Cardoso Santa Catarina - Sul	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Outer Pool Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	6	7	5	5	6	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SE	4.5 SE	3.5 WSW	1.8 SW	5.0 SE	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 S	1.7 SW	3.0 SE	2.3 SW	2.5 E	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	11	12	11	18	12	10	12	13	18	13	15	12	16	13	14	14	10	12	14	15	16	16
Energy	2525	5921	3988	3388	7381	3617	3749	6804	2986	3749	2369	2261	2273	897	2745	3318	89	35	14793	22289	20471	9503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:27PM 0.47	8:39AM 0.59	6:12AM 1.27	6:49PM 1.19		6:53AM 1.16	7:47PM 1.10		7:58AM 1.05		4:07PM 1.11		5:48AM 0.77	5:12PM 1.10	11:21AM 1.19		11:55PM 1.42	12:26PM 1.22		12:59AM 1.53	4:13PM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)	11:38AM 0.36	2:09AM 0.42		12:31PM 0.43		12:49AM 0.57	1:21PM 0.50		1:57AM 0.63		9:19AM 0.57		11:39PM 0.35	10:43AM 0.57		5:16AM 0.62	5:23PM 0.54		6:22AM 0.45	6:22PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	2	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	1	-	-	4	-	8	-	-
High °C	21	19	12	12	16	22	20	19	21	17	23	9	21	16	13	12	19	19	18	18	24	24
Low °C	18	16	12	10	16	18	19	17	21	13	23	8	20	16	13	10	19	17	17	17	20	22
Chill °C (?)	21	19	9	10	15	22	20	18	21	17	23	9	21	16	10	9	18	18	17	18	24	24
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	6:00	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:39
Sunset	-	5:27	6:00	-	5:40	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	6:15	5:22	6:24	5:45	-	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SE	4.5 SE	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	5.0 SE	1.9 S	1.0 SSE	4.5 S	1.9 SSW	3.0 SE	2.3 SW	2.5 E	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	-	0.8 ENE	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	11	10	12	10	17	13	12	13	15	12	11	13	-	9	13	14	14	15	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 ENE	-	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	-	-	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	3.0 SSW	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 E
Period (s)	18	16	20	18	15	12	10	10	18	14	7	-	16	7	-	-	10	12	18	-	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	10	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	6	4	5	15	16	16

	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06						Thu	Wed	Thursday 07						Friday 08
	11PM	6PM	9PM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Boneyards Cape Town	Mata Veri Easter Island	Mata Veri Easter Island	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Double Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Lebu Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna
Rating	5	5	5	7	9	9	6	6	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	7	6	6	7	7	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SSE	5.5 SE	5.5 SE	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	3.0 SE	4.5 SE	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	4.0 SSW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	11	18	18	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	18	18	18	17	17	12	12	12	12	12	12	18
Energy	3155	4959	4973	6111	8611	8269	5186	5276	3099	6897	5501	3388	3430	3346	3055	6460	5801	5474	6172	6114	6292	3308
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:27PM 0.47	5:39AM 1.37				6:06PM 1.26					2:05AM 0.75			6:51PM 1.28				6:56AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)						11:54AM 0.35				12:06AM 0.46	8:46PM 0.35			7:06AM 0.47				12:53AM 0.63				5:28AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	-	2	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-
Temp. °C	16	21	21	15	14	16	18	16	15	16	12	11	10	10	12	15	14	14	15	16	20	20
Chill °C (?)	15	21	21	14	13	15	18	15	14	15	10	10	9	8	11	15	14	13	14	15	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	6:00
Sunset	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	4.5 SSE	5.5 SE	5.5 SE	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	1.9 SSE	4.5 SE	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	2.5 S	1.9 SW
Period (s)	11	18	18	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	10	17	17	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSE	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	11	10	11	12	12	16	16	13	15	18	18	18	10	10	15	14	13	13	13	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 E	-	-	-	-	3.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	4.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	12	-

	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06
	9PM	2PM	3PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Boneyards Cape Town	Mata Veri Easter Island	Mata Veri Easter Island	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Double Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Lebu Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna
Rating	5	5	5	7	9	9	6	6	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	7	6	6	7	7	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.8 E	2.4 S	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	7.0 SSE	7.0 SE	7.5 SE	6.0 SE	6.0 SE	0.5 S	1.7 SW
Period(s)	11	18	18	11	11	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Energy	3364	4378	4378	1694	3120	3089	213	747	1526	887	1228	971	1108	1179	915	15265	15860	16608	9983	9964	178	1028
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										5:39AM 1.33		1:15AM 0.81
Low Tide / height (m)			2:20PM 0.33	11:32PM 0.38												11:53AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	5	9	1	3	-	1	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	1	2	-	-
High °C	16	21	21	18	18	17	19	19	14	19	14	15	15	14	14	16	15	15	16	16	23	22
Chill °C (?)	15	21	21	17	17	15	18	19	14	19	12	13	13	12	12	14	12	13	14	14	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.8 E	2.4 S	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 W	1.2 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	6.0 SE	0.6 SW	0.9 ENE	1.7 SW
Period (s)	11	18	18	11	12	12	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	15	15	15	12	15	6	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.6 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 NW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SE	0.2 W
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	18	18	11	11	12	18	8	9	9	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.7 ESE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	3.0 E	1.9 N	1.7 N	1.8 N	1.9 N	2.0 N	7.0 SSE	7.0 SE	7.5 SE	-	6.0 SE	0.7 N	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	11	11	6	6	-	8	6	6	6	6	6	12	12	12	-	12	4	-

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