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

	Thursday 30			Fri					Sat		Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tue		Wednesday 06			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Saint Leu Réunion	Boucan Lefts Réunion	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Maconde Mauritius	Buchupureo Concepcion	La Puntilla - Pichilemu Santiago	Canto do Moreira São Paulo	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Big Bay Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	5	6	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	9	4	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.4 WSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.0 S	5.0 SSE	4.5 SSE
Period(s)	12	13	16	16	13	12	15	14	13	12	16	18	16	14	14	15	12	12	12	11	12	12
Energy	1447	2172	3543	5387	3027	3127	1117	1615	1204	1128	2465	623	2108	2715	3021	4286	2919	3641	2980	1037	7092	5619
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:11AM 1.36		4:57AM 2.47	3:46PM 2.75			4:05PM 1.52	4:12AM 1.59		1:42PM 0.46	1:17AM 0.53		2:20PM 0.43	1:46AM 0.50		5:33PM 1.36		5:39AM 1.37	6:07PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)	9:06AM 0.19		10:51PM 0.22	11:05AM 0.16		4:27PM 0.12	9:56AM 0.13		10:02PM 0.20	10:24AM 0.15		7:23PM 0.18	10:52AM 0.20		7:53PM 0.21	8:27AM 0.09		11:32PM 0.39	11:54AM 0.35		12:06AM 0.47	6:32PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	62	9
High °C	18	19	25	26	20	17	20	20	21	18	25	15	14	22	23	22	18	17	17	22	16	16
Low °C	15	18	25	26	17	15	20	19	21	17	25	14	13	21	22	21	18	15	14	22	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	19	25	26	20	17	20	20	21	18	25	15	14	22	23	22	17	16	16	22	14	15
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	5:39	-	-	5:38	-	5:25	-	-	-	5:46	6:04	-	-	5:25	-	6:01	-	-	5:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.4 WSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.0 S	5.0 SSE	4.5 SSE
Period (s)	12	13	16	16	13	12	15	14	13	12	16	18	16	14	14	15	12	12	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SSE	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.9 SSW	0.2 W	0.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	-	-	0.4 E	2.1 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	11	-	-	9	10	9	18	18	16	11	11	11	-	-	9	12	12	16	6	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 SSE	0.9 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	-	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Wed		Thursday 30							Friday 01								Saturday 02
	11PM	8PM	6AM	9AM	11AM	8AM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Mapelane KZN North	Lebu Concepcion	Flame Bowls West	Flame Bowls 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	Saint Leu Réunion	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boucan Lefts Réunion	Boucan Lefts Réunion	Saint Leu Réunion	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna
Rating	6	6	6	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 S	4.0 SW	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 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SSW
Period(s)	15	14	16	16	15	14	17	17	16	15	16	16	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	13
Energy	5182	5393	7336	8468	3704	3887	3395	5112	5691	5175	6578	6117	3509	3715	3236	3408	3068	3191	3666	3439	3098	1302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			4:29AM 2.42				3:06PM 1.60							1:01PM 0.50					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		6:47PM 0.16		9:34PM 0.19				9:58AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	11	21	23	24	13	17	17	16	15	25	26	19	26	25	25	15	15	16	17	22	19
Chill °C (?)	19	8	21	23	24	13	17	17	15	14	25	26	19	26	25	25	15	15	16	17	22	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	5:58
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	4.0 SW	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 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	16	16	15	14	17	17	16	15	16	16	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 NW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.2 W
Period (s)	9	16	-	-	8	15	11	11	11	11	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	10	16	16	16	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 E	0.9 SE	-	-	-	1.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed		Thursday 30			Wed	Thursday 30
	9PM	4PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	8PM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	9AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Mapelane KZN North	Lebu Concepcion	Flame Bowls West	Flame Bowls 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	Saint Leu Réunion	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boucan Lefts Réunion	Boucan Lefts Réunion	Saint Leu Réunion	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna
Rating	6	6	6	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 S	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.0 SW	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.9 SSE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	15	14	13	13	16	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	14	15	12	12	12	13	13	11
Energy	5649	6369	2440	2537	4857	592	2018	1984	1918	1780	127	131	1755	117	105	175	1501	1387	1578	1807	2037	526
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)							2:45AM 1.74								12:35PM 0.51					3:08PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	8:44PM 0.23	3:50PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	13	23	22	24	13	13	14	14	14	26	27	16	27	27	26	20	19	18	18	18	21
Chill °C (?)	21	11	23	22	24	12	13	14	14	14	26	27	16	27	27	26	20	19	18	18	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 S	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.0 SW	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.9 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	16	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.1 NW	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.3 SW
Period (s)	9	16	-	-	8	17	13	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	11	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 NE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

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