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

	Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tue
	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Muizenberg Cape Town	Mata Veri Easter Island	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Buchupureo Concepcion	Santos Reef Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bajada de los Palitos Chubut	Bajada de los Palitos Chubut	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Cabo Corrientes Buenos Aires	Cardoso Santa Catarina - Sul	Skeleton Bay Swakopmund	Grumari Rio de Janeiro	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	5	9	6	8	5	5	6	7	7	5	5	5	5	4	6	9	5	5	9	8	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	3.5 ESE	3.0 S	5.0 SE	1.8 SW	4.5 SE	5.0 SE	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.5 SSW	4.5 SSE	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	7.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW
Period(s)	12	15	8	11	12	18	13	12	10	12	13	13	12	13	16	14	10	12	13	14	13	13
Energy	703	3673	2920	3623	6806	3098	7080	7310	3776	6937	5828	5055	2139	3471	2186	7014	1537	3749	2343	23347	7906	7340
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:43PM 0.94		4:03AM 0.86	5:23PM 0.85		9:22PM 0.46	9:33AM 0.58		6:56AM 1.17	7:53PM 1.12		7:57AM 1.07		9:22PM 1.08	9:45AM 1.01	5:12PM 1.10		6:41AM 0.87	6:11PM 1.11		12:24PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	10:14AM 0.15		11:27PM 0.49	11:17AM 0.16		11:55PM 0.50		3:08AM 0.43	4:10PM 0.34	1:24PM 0.52		1:56AM 0.64		2:34PM 0.56	3:38AM 0.68			12:43AM 0.29	12:03PM 0.52		1:01AM 0.25	6:19AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	42	2	-	-	2	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-
High °C	15	22	17	18	18	12	16	16	22	21	16	16	7	10	21	11	18	16	19	19	16	15
Low °C	14	21	17	17	16	10	15	16	18	17	16	14	5	10	20	8	16	15	19	15	14	15
Chill °C (?)	15	22	16	18	18	10	15	15	22	21	14	15	6	9	21	8	18	16	19	17	15	14
Sunrise	7:22	7:45	-	6:43	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:28	-	-	8:36	-	-	7:39	-	-	6:18	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:30	-	-	6:15	5:22	-	5:35	-	-	5:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	3.0 ESE	5.0 SE	2.3 SW	4.5 SE	5.0 SE	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.0 SSW	-	1.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	5.0 SW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	12	11	11	10	12	10	13	12	10	12	13	13	12	13	11	-	14	12	13	-	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.2 WSW	3.0 S	0.3 SSW	1.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	0.9 ENE	2.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	15	12	11	16	18	13	15	12	18	17	16	-	-	16	-	9	12	18	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	4.5 SSE	1.9 SSW	-	-	7.5 SW	-	4.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	10	12	8	-	-	-	-	14	10	-	-	14	-	13

	Tuesday 05									Wednesday 06						Thu	Wed	Thursday 07
	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	8PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Canto do Moreira São Paulo	Bambul Rio de Janeiro	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Boneyards Cape Town	Mata Veri Easter Island	Mata Veri Easter Island	Mata Veri Easter Island	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Buchupureo Concepcion	Lebu Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	9	9	7	6	6	5	8	5	6	5	5	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	8.0 SE	5.5 SE	5.0 SE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	5.0 SSE	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	4.5 SE
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	15	11	18	18	18	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	19	18	18	17	17	12
Energy	3400	3287	4161	4070	3606	3559	4378	4959	4973	18345	8912	6368	5092	5130	4443	7568	3328	5285	3418	3504	3898	6100
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			3:54AM 0.98			5:17PM 1.26			8:27PM 0.47	5:39AM 1.37				6:06PM 1.26					2:05AM 0.75			6:51PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)					10:30AM 0.11		2:20PM 0.33					11:54AM 0.33				12:06AM 0.46	8:29PM 0.34			7:06AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	20	20	21	21	25	16	21	21	21	15	14	18	19	17	16	14	11	11	10	9	13	14
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	21	25	16	21	21	21	15	14	18	19	16	15	13	9	9	8	7	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	5.0 SE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	5.0 SSE	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	4.5 SE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	11	18	18	18	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	19	18	18	17	17	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.5 W	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 WNW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	9	9	5	9	9	11	11	11	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	9	9	10	10	11	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	8.0 SE	5.5 SE	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNE	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	5	9	9	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	5	10	-	-	-	-	-

	Mon		Tuesday 05																			Wed
	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	8AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Canto do Moreira São Paulo	Bambul Rio de Janeiro	Barra de Guaratiba Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Boneyards Cape Town	Mata Veri Easter Island	Mata Veri Easter Island	Mata Veri Easter Island	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Buchupureo Concepcion	Lebu Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	9	9	7	6	6	5	8	5	6	5	5	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 WSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 SSE	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 S
Period(s)	16	14	14	14	15	12	16	16	16	12	12	10	11	6	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy	2843	2417	2959	3667	4304	1738	2588	2974	2974	942	917	473	213	459	533	551	1156	1357	1049	997	998	1731
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																5:33PM 1.32	12:38PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)								1:18AM 0.39		11:22AM 0.27												11:31PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	3	4	2	-	1	-	-	-	5
High °C	20	21	21	20	20	14	21	21	21	15	16	18	18	18	18	18	16	14	16	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	20	20	13	21	21	21	14	15	17	18	18	18	17	15	12	15	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 WSW	2.0 S	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.5 SE	0.9 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	16	14	14	14	15	12	11	16	16	12	12	10	11	11	6	11	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.7 SSW	1.6 SW	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	16	16	11	16	11	11	11	11	11	8	12	11	11	18	7	18	18	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.0 SE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 SSE	0.5 N	0.9 NNE	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.8 N	-
Period (s)	5	4	5	4	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	6	6	6	3	4	3	4	4	-

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