Illinois Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Illinois 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 Illinois region.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu		Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tue		Wed				Thu
	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	1	2	2	1	3	0	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	1	0	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 S	1.0 SW
Period(s)	6	14	13	6	16	7	16	15	15	14	14	21	21	14	19	19	7	5	17	16	7	16
Energy	66	663	623	65	774	21	938	634	603	643	864	791	932	1110	1266	1032	78	38	797	696	267	683
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			6:56AM 1.43			8:18AM 0.39	7:44PM 1.84		8:34AM 1.49		8:11PM 2.45	9:12AM 1.79		8:57PM 2.43	10:07AM 1.42		9:46AM 0.88	11:07AM 0.37		10:32PM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)	11:28PM 0.07	12:46AM 0.06	12:46PM 0.24	11:53PM 0.03	1:30AM 0.07			2:14AM -0.11		2:15PM 0.23	3:31AM -0.14		2:58PM 0.26	4:19AM -0.10		3:42PM 0.31			4:26PM 0.39		4:59PM 0.01	5:14PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-
High °C	30	20	22	28	21	29	23	26	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	28	22	24	32	23
Low °C	24	19	20	20	20	28	22	26	20	21	20	22	21	20	20	22	21	28	21	20	30	23
Chill °C (?)	30	20	22	28	21	29	23	26	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	28	22	24	32	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	5:47	5:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	8:25	7:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSE	0.1 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 SE	1.0 SW
Period (s)	6	14	13	6	13	7	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	19	19	7	9	17	16	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 ENE	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.1 E	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	20	18	9	16	3	24	4	26	26	18	21	21	20	14	14	6	-	12	12	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	-	0.2 WSW	-	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.0 W	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.8 WNW	1.7 S	0.4 W
Period (s)	3	-	7	-	4	3	13	-	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	-	5	-	4	7	5

	Thursday 11				Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sun
	4PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	0	0	3	3	2	3	3	2	0	0	3	4	3	4	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	6	6	14	14	14	14	13	13	7	7	18	17	16	16	16	7	7	16	15	15	15	15
Energy	8	8	724	879	663	753	735	623	16	18	774	1052	774	1021	998	16	16	938	700	611	634	554
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			6:16PM 1.64				7:29AM 1.46				7:00PM 1.75								6:56PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)		5:42PM -0.05			12:46AM 0.06					6:10PM -0.10			1:30AM 0.07									2:43AM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	27	20	22	19	21	22	22	28	27	20	23	21	21	21	29	28	22	26	21	26	21
Chill °C (?)	27	27	20	22	19	21	22	22	28	27	20	23	21	21	21	29	28	22	26	21	26	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	14	14	14	14	13	13	7	7	13	13	13	13	16	7	7	16	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	20	11	20	10	10	18	7	10	18	17	16	16	13	-	-	24	5	12	4	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	-	0.7 NW
Period (s)	-	2	7	-	-	-	-	7	2	2	14	4	4	-	-	-	3	13	-	4	-	4

	Thursday 11	Friday 12
	3PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	7PM	6PM	9PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Assateague Maryland	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	0	0	3	3	2	3	3	2	0	0	3	4	3	4	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.8 S	0.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	14	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	53	8	8	8	48	8	706	8	724	687	880	879	869	673	663	749	798	753	841	748	735	728
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																					7:29AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)														12:46AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	32	27	27	27	32	27	21	26	20	20	22	22	22	20	19	21	21	21	21	21	22	22
Chill °C (?)	32	27	27	27	32	27	21	26	20	20	22	22	22	20	19	21	21	21	21	21	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	0.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	10	6	14	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	7	-	20	-	20	20	11	11	10	20	20	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	2	7	2	7	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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