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		Thu		Fri				Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tue		Wednesday 13
	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Piedras Negras Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Bajada de los Palitos Chubut	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	El Olon de Ilo Arequipa, Moquegua & Tacna	Robberg Garden Route	Mystos Santa Catarina - Sul	Canto do Moreira São Paulo	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Backdoor Rio de Janeiro	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	5	5	6	8	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	9	5	6	5	5	7	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	5.0 SE	3.0 SSW	3.5 SE	4.0 SSE	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 ESE	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	2.3 SSW	1.1 S	4.0 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 WSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	11	18	12	10	12	13	18	18	12	16	16	13	9	16	12	14	14	12	13	12	12	11
Energy	3766	3175	7601	2711	4565	5996	2897	3234	2315	2787	2326	711	2111	1180	4949	3798	3476	5805	8696	4676	6772	1729
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:12AM 1.27	6:56PM 1.46		6:53AM 1.16		3:04PM 1.15	4:34AM 0.71		9:24PM 1.20	9:49AM 1.13		10:53PM 1.28	11:25AM 1.17		12:06AM 1.54	12:24PM 1.31		12:47AM 1.47	1:15PM 1.34	6:28AM 0.98	1:31AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	12:05AM 0.46	12:31PM 0.43		12:49AM 0.56	1:21PM 0.50	7:55AM 0.52		10:41PM 0.38	9:09AM 0.57	3:45AM 0.72		4:07PM 0.61		5:19AM 0.68	5:33PM 0.56		6:19AM 0.47	6:30PM 0.41		7:10AM 0.30	12:24PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	9	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	16	22	16	16	21	20	6	22	21	18	17	18	19	20	20	16	14	14	15	14
Low °C	13	10	16	18	14	16	21	20	5	21	19	14	16	17	16	20	19	15	13	14	15	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	15	22	15	14	21	20	5	22	21	17	16	18	18	20	20	14	11	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	6:00	-	8:36	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-
Sunset	6:00	-	5:40	-	-	5:32	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	5:37	5:35	-	5:30	5:17	-	5:54	-	-	5:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.2 SW	5.0 SE	2.2 S	3.5 SE	4.0 SSE	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 ESE	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.5 S	1.1 S	0.4 N	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.1 SE	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.8 S	2.5 SW
Period (s)	11	10	12	10	12	13	12	18	12	11	12	13	9	16	5	14	14	12	13	12	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SE	1.5 S	0.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SSW	-	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SE	1.3 SSE	0.6 E	0.4 SE	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	2.1 S	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	20	18	15	10	10	13	18	12	-	16	16	11	16	8	12	9	9	-	-	-	10	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	4.5 WSW	-	-	4.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	8	12	-	-	12	-	-	12	-

	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07								Friday 08								Sat	Fri	Sat
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	11PM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Cave Rock Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	6	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	8	7	6	6	7	8	7	6	9	6	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SE	5.5 SE	5.0 SE	4.5 SE	3.5 SE	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	5.0 SE	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SE	4.5 S	4.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.9 SW	3.0 SSE
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	17	17	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	13	13	17	12
Energy	5400	10025	8193	5613	3300	3175	3476	3210	4125	7002	6405	5859	5593	6939	7120	6187	5443	10125	5642	5115	3314	3904
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:06PM 1.28					2:05AM 0.75			6:51PM 1.28				6:51AM 1.29				7:44PM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)				12:06AM 0.46				7:06AM 0.47				12:53AM 0.63				1:10PM 0.72					9:05PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	14	15	14	14	11	10	10	12	15	14	14	14	18	21	21	16	18	13	13	19	13
Chill °C (?)	17	14	15	12	13	10	8	9	11	14	14	13	13	18	21	21	16	18	12	12	19	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00
Sunset	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SE	5.5 SE	5.0 SE	4.5 SE	3.5 SE	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	5.0 SE	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.5 SE	3.5 S	4.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	10	18	17	17	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SW	0.5 E	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	18	10	10	11	15	14	13	13	10	17	16	16	10	16	16	17	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NW	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	4.5 S	-	-	-	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	4	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	-	12	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 06									Thursday 07
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	5AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Global-Atlantic	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buchupureo Concepcion	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Cave Rock Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Arenillas Negras Atacama	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	6	9	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	8	7	6	6	7	8	7	6	9	6	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SE	7.0 SE	5.0 SE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	6.5 SE	6.0 SE	6.0 SE	6.0 SE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SE	2.3 SSE	6.0 SE	2.5 SE	6.5 S	6.5 S	1.4 SW	6.5 S
Period(s)	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	13	11	12	12	12	12
Energy	4573	26283	7747	6395	4680	2490	2490	4656	3766	25483	11762	11073	11070	1398	1544	1301	11023	1655	17344	16745	933	14151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					6:06PM 1.26	1:20PM 1.28											6:13AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)											12:06AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	3	-	2	3	-	3
High °C	21	16	16	16	17	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	14	16	15	19	15	15	19	15
Chill °C (?)	21	16	15	15	16	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	14	13	16	13	18	12	12	19	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SE	6.0 SE	5.0 SE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	6.0 SE	6.0 SE	6.0 SE	6.0 SE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SE	2.3 SSE	6.0 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SSE	2.5 ESE	1.4 SW	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	11	11	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	13	11	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	0.6 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	16	15	16	16	16	11	11	20	20	14	14	13	13	7	7	8	13	15	12	12	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	7.0 SE	-	-	0.8 NNW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	6.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	6.5 S	6.5 S	-	6.5 S
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	4	11	11	11	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	12	12	-	12

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