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

	Saturday 16			Sun				Mon		Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Etang-Sale Réunion	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Easky Left Sligo	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Terceira - Vila Nova Azores	Barrinha Santa Catarina - Sul	Balneario Novo Quintao Rio Grande Do Sul	Ferrugem Santa Catarina - Sul	Praia do Norte Beira	Amoreira Algarve	Gi Santa Catarina - Sul	Cardoso Santa Catarina - Sul	Canto do Moreira São Paulo	Itaúna Rio de Janeiro	Ferrugem Santa Catarina - Sul	Boucan Lefts Réunion	Ferrugem Santa Catarina - Sul	Praia da Macumba Rio de Janeiro
Rating	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	8	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.6 S	1.5 W	3.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSE	2.4 S
Period(s)	14	14	14	12	13	17	17	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	14	13	17	13	13
Energy	3008	1070	1266	3294	1057	1105	1117	1010	3078	4664	1156	1223	1920	1630	7345	3232	3090	3212	1336	1331	1193	1971
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:37PM 0.55	3:24PM 1.88	7:21PM 3.65	6:30AM 3.54			8:22PM 0.62	6:30PM 4.30			2:08PM 0.32	8:30PM 2:16AM 0.62 0.51	6:05AM 2.70	6:04PM 2.83	7:24PM 0.47			7:47PM 0.80	3:38AM 10:13AM 0.55 0.23		6:20PM 11:24PM 0.38 0.61	6:06AM 0.75
Low Tide / height (m)			1:35AM 0.13	12:36PM -0.04	3:41PM 1.07	2:57PM 0.05	2:02AM -0.01		9:50PM 0.05	10:16AM 0.07	4:04PM 0.28	12:10AM 0.47	12:04PM 0.36		12:04AM 0.36		12:28PM 0.22	1:00AM 0.58	8:41AM 0.21		6:40PM 2:39AM 0.38 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	1
High °C	26	22	7	9	11	20	19	16	16	16	15	15	22	24	15	14	18	19	16	25	15	19
Low °C	25	22	5	8	8	19	19	15	15	15	14	13	18	23	11	12	18	19	13	24	14	19
Chill °C (?)	26	22	4	6	11	20	19	16	16	15	14	15	22	24	14	13	18	19	15	25	15	19
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	9:38	5:19	-	9:25	-	-	5:32	-	-	8:40	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.6 S	1.5 W	3.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 NW	3.0 WNW	2.0 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.4 WNW	2.2 WNW	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSE	2.4 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	12	13	17	17	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	14	13	17	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.4 ENE	1.5 NNE	0.2 N	0.6 N	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	0.2 NNE	1.2 SSE	0.2 E	1.0 S	-	0.1 SW	-	-	0.2 E	0.3 E	-	0.8 SW	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	7	9	10	8	9	9	-	12	17	5	7	-	14	-	-	8	8	-	13	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.2 S	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	2.5 S	0.3 WSW	-	-	0.4 ESE	3.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	13	3	-	-	3	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 16							Sunday 17									Monday 18
	5AM	8AM	11AM	1PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	1AM	7AM	10AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	7PM	4AM	1AM	4AM	7AM	5PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	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	Saint Leu Réunion	Easky Left Sligo	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Thurso Reef Scot - North Coast	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Biarritz - Cote des Basques La Cote Basque	Barre de Balizas North
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 NNW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.1 W	1.3 SSW	1.9 W	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 NW	1.8 S
Period(s)	13	13	14	9	14	13	13	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	12	18	12	17	16	16	12	13
Energy	3091	3125	3209	1008	1070	1041	1260	1266	3021	3359	3294	1100	1057	1166	1406	1174	1109	1117	1150	1381	1010	1748
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:31AM 1.88				3:24PM 1.88										8:04PM 3.72							2:31PM 0.28
Low Tide / height (m)			9:14AM 0.21				8:59PM 0.10			7:11AM -0.01			3:41PM 1.07				2:21AM 0.02		2:02AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	1	2	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	17	18	22	20	19	5	23	25	8	10	11	8	8	19	7	19	19	19	16	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	17	17	22	20	19	3	23	25	5	10	11	8	6	19	4	19	19	19	16	12
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 NNW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	2.1 W	1.3 SSW	1.9 W	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 NW	1.8 S
Period (s)	13	13	14	9	14	13	13	14	14	13	12	13	13	13	12	18	12	17	16	16	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.3 S	1.5 NNE	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.2 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	-	0.9 NNE	0.7 SW	0.9 NNE	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	-	7	9	12	9	18	17	10	8	8	-	9	12	9	9	9	10	-	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SE	-	1.7 NNW	1.2 S	-	-	-	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 NE	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	9	6	-	-	-	9	10	-	-	4	8	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 16																					Sun
	3AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	1PM	2PM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	11AM	6PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	11PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	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 Cape Town	Etang-Sale Réunion	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Baie des Sirènes Ivory Coast	Safi Garden (Le Jardin) Central Morocco	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barvas (Lewis) Scot - Outer Hebrides	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	1.2 SSE	2.0 NNW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 NNE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	13	9	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	9	13	13
Energy	3465	3196	3091	3063	3173	3125	3057	3403	3209	2078	1010	1008	1649	1572	1070	1038	1008	1041	1041	1013	1260	1248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:31AM 1.88												2:57PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)								9:16AM -0.00			10:05AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	15	15	15	26	17	17	18	27	18	21	21	22	22	22	20	20	7	19	18
Chill °C (?)	16	14	14	14	14	14	26	17	17	18	27	17	21	21	22	22	22	20	20	4	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	9:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	1.2 SSE	2.0 NNW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 NNE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	13	9	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	9	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	0.8 SE	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	0.8 SSW	-	1.5 S	1.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.1 W	1.3 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	16	-	12	12	7	7	7	9	9	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	1.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	1.7 NNW	-	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	8	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-

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