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	Thursday 14			Fri				Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wed
	Night	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	PM	AM	AM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Ferrugem Santa Catarina - Sul	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cayton Bay Bunkers North East England	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Puertecillo Santiago	Etang-Sale Réunion	Ballyhiernan Bay Donegal	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Beach Road Cape Town	Barre de Balizas North	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Praia do Porto Santa Catarina - Sul	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Gravata Santa Catarina - Sul	Praia do Norte Beira	Bananas Point São Paulo
Rating	9	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	7	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSE	2.2 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 N	1.6 S	1.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 WNW	2.0 W	1.4 WSW	2.5 SSE	1.4 SSW	3.0 S	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	2.0 WNW	2.3 S
Period(s)	13	11	13	15	14	14	13	11	14	13	11	16	13	12	13	16	15	16	13	14	11	14
Energy	12152	1071	1354	2102	3550	3242	3608	1354	1046	1036	3066	3170	1028	1221	1137	3360	1394	8958	1193	4389	1007	2171
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:34AM 1.55	1:30PM 1.39		2:14AM 1.92		2:41PM 1.54	2:31AM 1.88		3:24PM 1.88	3:15AM 1.89	10:11PM 1.07	1:24PM 0.53		8:04PM 3.72	4:28PM 1.52	2:31PM 0.28		3:31AM 0.55	9:50AM 1.22	6:10PM 0.49	6:05AM 2.70	5:29PM 0.94
Low Tide / height (m)		7:22AM 0.12	6:49AM 0.17		8:04AM 0.02		8:19PM 0.37	10:08PM 0.16		9:03PM 0.34	3:53AM 0.10		1:02PM -0.01	2:21AM 0.02		4:32PM 0.22	3:54PM 0.03	9:37AM 0.08		11:06PM 0.34	12:04PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2
High °C	15	14	19	15	16	19	16	7	21	18	12	24	10	9	21	13	20	17	21	16	19	18
Low °C	14	13	16	15	16	17	15	6	21	17	12	24	10	8	21	12	19	14	21	12	18	18
Chill °C (?)	13	14	19	15	16	19	15	6	21	18	10	24	10	8	21	12	20	16	21	15	19	18
Sunrise	-	7:30	6:48	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	6:03	-	6:18	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:46	9:36	-	5:52	5:38	5:19	-	-	-	-	5:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSE	2.2 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 N	1.6 S	1.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 WNW	2.0 W	1.4 WSW	2.5 SSE	1.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSE	2.0 WNW	2.3 S
Period (s)	13	11	13	15	14	14	13	11	14	13	11	16	13	12	13	16	12	16	13	14	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	0.4 SW	2.1 S	-	0.5 E	1.1 S	1.7 SW	1.5 ESE	-	0.9 NNE	1.2 S	-	1.4 SSW	1.1 SE	0.1 W	1.3 S	0.5 WNW	0.2 E
Period (s)	-	18	9	11	11	17	13	-	7	12	15	9	-	9	7	-	15	7	13	7	15	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	0.7 SE	-	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	-	0.8 SE	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	-	3.0 S	-	2.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	11	4	-	6	6	-	10	-	-	7	-	-	16	-	14	-	-

	Wednesday 13			Thursday 14								Friday 15								Saturday 16
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	6AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	3AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Danger Reef Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Ferrugem Santa Catarina - Sul	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Capo Marina West Coast	Resort West	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	5	9	9	9	9	9	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	5.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.9 SSE	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	12	13	14	13	12	12	14	12	12	12	9	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	3459	10017	10920	12152	10195	8234	1386	3003	1339	2434	4143	4187	3423	4560	3550	6130	3242	3094	3907	3608	3294	3251
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:34AM 1.55				1:59PM 1.45			8:13PM 0.26		2:10AM 1.83				2:41PM 1.54				2:31AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		7:10PM 0.30				7:55AM 0.16				7:55PM 0.19					8:04AM 0.02				8:13PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	17	14	14	14	14	18	16	14	14	22	16	16	16	19	17	16	16	15	15	17
Chill °C (?)	15	14	16	12	13	12	14	18	16	14	14	22	16	16	16	19	17	16	15	14	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31
Sunset	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	-	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	1.9 SSE	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	12	-	14	13	12	12	14	12	12	12	9	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	9	20	20	14	-	-	16	16	11	16	17	10	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	5.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	0.6 SSE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	1.1 S
Period (s)	-	13	14	13	12	12	-	-	-	-	9	5	-	-	-	12	11	-	3	4	4	6

	Wednesday 13									Thursday 14
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	4PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	3AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Danger Reef Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Double Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Ferrugem Santa Catarina - Sul	Ferrugem Santa Catarina - Sul
Rating	5	9	9	9	9	9	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14
Energy	3645	3644	3459	3343	11054	10017	10017	10341	10920	12478	10790	12152	11316	10811	10195	10042	9721	8234	7975	7925	1386	1485
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)												1:34AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)						7:10PM 0.30												7:55AM 0.16				6:49AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	17	17	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	16	15	16	13	14	14	16	16	14	14	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	14	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.1 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-

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