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

	Sat				Sun		Mon	Sun	Mon		Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22
	AM	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	AM	Night	Night	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Armadale Bay Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Big Bay Cape Town	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Praia do Porto Santa Catarina - Sul	Barre de Balizas North	Barrinha Santa Catarina - Sul	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	Pedra Magra Santa Catarina - Sul	Ferrugem Santa Catarina - Sul	Barra do Sahy São Paulo	Grumari Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Bananas Point São Paulo	Ferrugem Santa Catarina - Sul
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	6	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.6 S	1.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 NW	1.0 SSW	2.5 SSE	1.3 SSW	2.4 S	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 WNW	1.8 W	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.8 SSE
Period(s)	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	17	8	15	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	13
Energy	3209	1088	1154	1204	1142	1182	1129	1113	1950	1190	4104	2307	1620	1215	1117	10353	2989	3022	3829	3066	2054	1077
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:24PM 1.88	3:08AM 1.66	7:21PM 3.65	8:57AM 4.04		6:11AM 4.21	8:22PM 0.62	4:43AM 1.54		3:31AM 0.55	3:16PM 0.27	8:30PM 2:16AM 0.62 0.51	9:24AM 3.04		9:21PM 2:38AM 0.63 0.55	9:34AM 0.17		6:51PM 0.84	5:17AM 0.82		6:20PM 11:24PM 0.38 0.61
Low Tide / height (m)	9:14AM 0.21		8:59PM 0.10	1:35AM 0.13		3:41PM 1.07	12:38PM 0.83	2:02AM -0.01	10:34PM 0.14	3:54PM 0.03	9:37AM 0.08	12:19PM 5:21PM 0.10 0.20	12:10AM 0.47		3:11PM 0.34	12:39AM 0.52	8:07AM 0.16	12:29PM 0.23	1:50AM 0.65		1:47PM 0.29	6:40PM 2:39AM 0.38 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	6	1	4	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
High °C	17	22	19	7	9	10	14	19	18	20	16	15	15	13	13	15	16	19	19	19	20	15
Low °C	16	22	16	5	9	10	13	18	17	18	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	18	18	19	19	13
Chill °C (?)	17	22	19	4	8	10	14	19	18	20	15	14	14	12	12	13	16	19	19	19	20	15
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	4:45	-	6:39	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	5:13	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	-	9:38	-	-	-	5:19	-	5:38	-	-	9:43	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.6 S	1.5 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.9 NW	1.0 SSW	1.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	-	1.8 W	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	9	8	15	13	13	14	-	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.9 S	0.4 ENE	1.3 S	1.3 NNE	1.0 N	0.6 NNE	-	1.0 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSE	0.1 E	1.2 S	-	0.8 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	13	7	12	9	9	8	-	17	13	11	18	7	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 S	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	2.5 SSE	-	2.4 S	2.1 SSW	-	1.8 WNW	-	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	5	-	-	3	-	-	8	-	13	13	-	14	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Fri	Saturday 16								Sunday 17									Monday 18
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	7AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	4PM	7PM	4PM	7PM	4AM	1AM	11AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Safi Garden (Le Jardin) Central Morocco	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Etang-Sale Réunion	Algarrobo Santiago	Algarrobo Santiago	Algarrobo Santiago	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Brinlack Point (Bloody Foreland) Donegal	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 NNW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 W	1.0 SSW	1.9 NW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	14	14	9	14	13	13	14	14	16	10	10	13	13	17	18	11	17	13	16
Energy	3923	3613	3091	3067	3209	1022	1088	1041	1334	1204	3021	1591	1467	1471	1182	1156	1105	1172	1029	1113	1129	1381
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:31AM 1.88				3:24PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)	8:13PM 0.14				9:14AM 0.21				8:59PM 0.10				3:48AM 0.09		3:41PM 1.07		2:57PM 0.05		1:16AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	15	17	18	22	20	18	5	23	12	12	12	10	10	20	19	8	19	14	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	14	15	17	17	22	20	18	2	23	12	12	12	10	10	20	19	8	19	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:38	5:19	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 NNW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 W	1.0 SSW	1.9 NW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	14	9	14	13	13	14	14	10	10	10	13	13	17	18	11	9	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.4 S	1.3 NNE	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 N	1.0 SSW	-	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	-	7	9	12	9	18	16	15	15	8	8	9	9	9	17	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NNW	1.3 S	-	-	-	0.8 SE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 15			Saturday 16
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	9AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	10AM	11AM	6AM	7AM	2PM	9AM	5PM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Safi Garden (Le Jardin) Central Morocco	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 NNW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 S
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	12	12	9	12	12	14	13
Energy	5054	4151	3923	3832	3593	3613	3465	3327	3091	3063	3030	3067	3447	3403	3209	2078	1824	1022	1649	1572	1088	1045
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							2:31AM 1.88												2:57PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	8:13PM 0.15													9:16AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	18	19	18	21	21	22	22
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	15	17	17	17	18	19	17	21	21	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 NNW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	12	12	9	12	12	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	-	1.5 S	1.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	-	12	12	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NNW	-	-	1.3 S	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	6	6

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