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

	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Celestino Sinaloa	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Madaket Massachusetts	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Chandeleur Islands Louisiana	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Triple S Pier Carolina North
Rating	2	0	3	1	1	3	1	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	1	3	3	1	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 S	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.9 SSW
Period(s)	14	6	14	6	6	16	5	16	15	15	14	14	21	21	14	7	19	18	5	17	16	7
Energy	665	8	858	42	44	755	70	938	727	672	643	750	735	932	1120	64	1179	750	61	813	649	312
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:17AM 1.01	5:42PM 1.32		6:15AM 1.34	7:44PM 1.84		8:23AM 1.73			9:21AM 1.47		8:57PM 2.43	1:32PM 0.73		10:07PM 2.19	11:49AM 0.72		10:39PM 1.70	10:41AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)	11:58AM 0.27	5:42PM -0.05	1:09AM 0.21	11:28AM 0.01		1:30AM -0.01	12:09PM -0.44		2:43AM -0.10		2:15PM 0.23	2:58AM -0.12		2:58PM 0.26	4:19AM -0.10	6:47AM -0.10	3:42PM 0.31	4:39AM -0.13		4:26PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
High °C	22	27	23	28	32	27	29	23	24	23	23	27	23	24	23	19	23	23	27	23	20	23
Low °C	20	27	21	23	31	26	26	22	21	22	22	26	21	21	21	19	22	20	26	23	19	21
Chill °C (?)	22	27	23	28	32	27	29	23	24	23	23	27	23	24	23	19	23	23	27	23	20	23
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	7:51	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 S	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	14	6	14	6	6	16	5	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	7	14	13	8	17	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	-	0.7 NW	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 E	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 E
Period (s)	7	-	10	9	9	13	9	24	12	26	12	24	21	21	20	7	19	18	-	12	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	0.9 SW	0.4 WNW	1.0 NW	0.3 WNW	0.6 W	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.5 W	1.1 S	0.4 WNW	-	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	3	-	5	13	10	4	4	-	5	4	4	-	-	4	5	5	-	7

	Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	8PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	4	3	3	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	0	3	4	3	4	3	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	15	14	14	14	6	7	14	14	14	14	13	6	6	7	18	17	16	16	16	7	7	16
Energy	1083	917	790	665	8	234	688	879	858	753	735	117	44	18	864	1052	755	1019	998	19	18	938
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			6:29AM 1.41				6:16PM 1.64				7:29AM 1.46				7:00PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	12:21AM 0.45								1:09AM 0.21					6:10PM -0.10			1:30AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	3	3	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	21	22	27	30	20	22	21	21	22	26	31	28	20	23	26	21	21	28	28	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	22	27	30	20	22	21	21	22	26	31	28	20	23	26	21	21	28	28	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	6	7	14	14	14	14	13	6	6	7	13	13	16	13	16	7	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.1 SE	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	-	-	20	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	18	17	13	16	13	-	-	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	6	3	3	14	4	-	-	-	2	3	13

	Thursday 11
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	3PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	6PM	10PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	4	3	3	2	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	0	3	4	3	4	3	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	6	6	7	14	7	14	14
Energy	1186	1112	1083	944	952	917	917	901	790	790	665	665	665	8	8	49	49	234	688	228	688	880
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)								6:29AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		12:21AM 0.45											11:58AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-
High °C	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	21	22	22	27	27	32	31	30	21	29	20	22
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	21	22	22	27	27	32	31	30	21	29	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	10	10	7	14	6	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	-	-	7	7	-	20	10	20	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.3 S	-	1.3 S	0.3 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	-	7	7	-

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