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

	Friday 08			Sat		Sun				Mon		Tuesday 12			Wed				Thu		Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Bajada de los Palitos Chubut	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Las Achiras North	Skeleton Bay Swakopmund	Victoria Bay Garden Route	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Cardoso Santa Catarina - Sul	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	The Wedge Garden Route	Umzumbe Durban/KZN South	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Avana Rarotonga	Evatra East	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	9	7	9	5	5	5	6	4	4	5	5	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 ESE	1.8 SW	0.9 S	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 S	5.0 WSW	5.5 W	6.0 SW	0.4 NE	3.0 SW	5.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	1.8 S
Period(s)	18	18	11	16	12	13	10	15	15	12	12	13	8	12	13	14	12	14	14	14	13	14
Energy	2897	3385	1861	2673	234	701	2327	1061	4260	7589	10870	10900	22	5742	8990	6426	2246	1337	1199	1730	2800	1317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	off	cross- on	off	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	7:38PM 1.20		8:05AM 1.16		9:25PM 1.12	3:29AM 0.50		3:31PM 1.01		11:36AM 4.29	1:13PM 0.65			4:13PM 0.81		3:42AM 10:44AM 0.52 0.27	5:00PM 0.78		12:54PM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)		2:03AM 0.71		2:32PM 0.58	3:45AM 0.68	9:23PM 0.19	8:44AM 0.52		11:14PM 0.21	5:49AM 2.09		10:27PM 0.13	6:45AM 2.03		6:57PM 0.10	7:52AM 0.16		11:25PM 0.06	6:39AM 0.17	6:58PM 0.24	11:51PM 0.64	7:26AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	15	11	-	3	2	-	-	13	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	9	22	11	15	17	21	15	20	18	16	18	17	16	25	16	26	27	17	18	24
Low °C	21	20	6	21	10	14	14	20	10	19	17	16	17	17	15	21	14	25	25	16	16	22
Chill °C (?)	22	21	5	22	8	14	16	21	14	19	17	15	18	16	14	25	14	26	27	17	18	24
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	-	6:16	-	-	5:45	-	5:40	5:22	-	5:30	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 ESE	2.1 SSW	0.9 S	1.4 SW	1.0 SE	1.4 SSW	3.0 S	0.4 SE	5.5 W	-	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	0.3 NE	3.0 SSW	1.8 E	1.8 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	1.8 S
Period (s)	12	18	11	11	12	13	11	10	15	12	12	-	13	12	-	7	12	10	14	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	-	1.8 SW	0.2 E	0.2 S	0.2 E	1.3 SW	0.6 ENE	-	3.0 SW	-	0.4 NE	2.3 W	-	0.2 E	-	1.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	18	12	-	16	10	8	6	15	9	-	12	-	8	12	-	9	-	14	10	11	17	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.5 NNW	3.5 WSW	-	-	5.0 WSW	-	6.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 W	5.5 SW	4.0 SSW	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	-	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	10	-	-	12	-	13	13	12	13	14	-	-	7	-	-	5

	Friday 08							Saturday 09							Sunday 10
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM	9AM	1PM	6PM	7PM	0AM	3AM	4AM	7AM	4PM	7PM	6PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Choralillo Antofagasta	Bajada de los Palitos Chubut	Mata Veri Easter Island	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Bajada de los Palitos Chubut	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Las Achiras North	Barra do Chui Rio Grande Do Sul	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Faja da Areia Madeira	Faja da Areia Madeira	Constitucion (Mar del Plata) Buenos Aires	Silveira Santa Catarina - Sul
Rating	7	6	6	9	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	7	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.5 S	4.0 SSE	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	3.0 E	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 ESE	1.6 SW	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	4.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s)	11	13	13	13	13	18	17	16	16	13	14	16	13	16	16	16	12	14	11	11	13	15
Energy	6224	5234	5933	10847	5642	3306	3176	3002	3378	3054	3173	2407	3088	2051	3190	3098	1554	1424	1559	1352	8868	7142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				7:44PM 1.13					3:35AM 0.56							12:58AM 0.54	3:29AM 0.50
Low Tide / height (m)		1:24PM 0.56					9:05PM 0.39						4:29PM 1.32		9:13PM 0.34				3:14PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	16	16	18	13	20	19	19	15	6	20	22	10	20	9	7	19	20	18	17	11	13
Chill °C (?)	22	16	16	17	12	20	19	19	15	4	20	22	9	20	6	3	19	20	18	17	8	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 S	4.0 SSE	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 E	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 ESE	1.9 SSW	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.4 NW	2.3 NW	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	18	11	11	11	13	14	11	13	11	16	16	12	11	11	11	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	0.5 E	1.3 SW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	-	0.8 ENE	1.7 SSW	-	1.6 SW	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 N	-	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	17	10	16	10	16	11	17	16	16	-	7	16	-	16	10	9	14	14	10	13	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	-	-	4.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	11	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	15

	Friday 08																		Saturday 09
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	7AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	11AM	1PM	4PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	6PM	7PM	2AM	3AM	0AM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Choralillo Antofagasta	Bajada de los Palitos Chubut	Mata Veri Easter Island	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Bajada de los Palitos Chubut	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Las Achiras North	Barra do Chui Rio Grande Do Sul	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Faja da Areia Madeira	Faja da Areia Madeira	Constitucion (Mar del Plata) Buenos Aires	Silveira Santa Catarina - Sul
Rating	7	6	6	9	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	7	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	4.5 SSW	4.0 SE	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 ESE	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 ESE	1.9 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 S	1.2 ENE
Period(s)	11	13	13	12	13	18	18	18	17	9	12	18	9	18	12	12	18	18	10	10	11	8
Energy	5927	5333	5131	10829	6573	3308	3016	3015	4636	1354	1025	3124	2521	3180	83	96	3057	3306	2430	2430	2091	346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)											10:30AM 0.57	12:55PM 0.86				6:51PM 0.35					11:33PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)													3:41PM 1.17						1:47AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3
High °C	20	15	15	22	16	20	20	20	17	9	23	22	10	21	9	9	20	20	16	16	10	15
Chill °C (?)	20	14	14	22	14	20	20	20	17	4	23	22	6	21	5	5	20	20	15	15	6	14
Sunrise	6:30	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 S	4.0 SE	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SSW	-	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 ESE	1.9 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	3.0 S	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	12	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	-	12	18	9	18	12	12	18	18	12	12	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	-	0.4 SE	1.7 SSW	-	1.7 SSW	0.3 E	0.4 E	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	18	10	10	16	13	18	18	18	17	-	10	12	-	12	9	9	12	11	12	12	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	-	-	4.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 ESE	0.9 NE	-	3.0 ESE	-	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	-	-	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	4.0 SSW	0.9 S
Period (s)	11	-	-	12	10	-	-	-	-	9	6	-	9	-	4	4	-	-	10	10	11	5

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