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	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Galveston Texas	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Madaket Massachusetts	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	1	3	1	1	4	0	3	3	2	2	3	0	3	4	3	1	3	1	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 S	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 S	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s)	14	6	14	6	6	17	8	16	15	15	7	14	7	21	14	19	6	18	8	17	16	16
Energy	665	78	858	44	52	1034	20	916	635	603	223	864	8	932	1131	1186	58	974	107	801	709	775
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				5:42PM 1.32			8:18AM 0.39	7:44PM 1.84		8:34AM 1.49		8:11PM 2.45	9:43AM 0.42		8:57PM 2.43	10:07AM 1.42		9:44PM 2.33	2:29PM 0.74		10:32PM 2.17	12:36PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	11:58AM 0.27	11:28PM 0.07	1:09AM 0.21		11:53PM 0.03	1:56AM 0.02			2:14AM -0.11		2:21AM -0.12	3:31AM -0.14		2:58PM 0.26	4:19AM -0.10				7:52PM 0.01	4:26PM 0.39		5:54AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	5	-	9	2	1	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	31	23	32	26	24	29	22	26	23	23	24	29	23	24	23	27	24	16	22	25	24
Low °C	20	23	21	32	20	22	28	22	25	21	21	21	28	22	20	21	27	20	16	22	20	21
Chill °C (?)	22	31	23	32	26	24	29	22	26	23	23	24	29	23	24	23	27	24	16	22	25	24
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	8:20	-	8:15	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	0.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	-	1.0 SW	0.2 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	14	6	14	6	6	13	8	16	15	15	6	14	4	13	14	19	-	18	6	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.1 E	0.7 NW	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	1.0 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 E	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	-	1.0 S	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	7	9	10	9	9	17	-	24	4	26	8	18	7	21	20	14	-	13	16	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.2 WSW	0.3 N	0.6 NW	0.2 WSW	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 W	1.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.3 NW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 S	0.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	4	-	2	2	4	3	13	-	5	7	4	3	5	4	5	6	4	8	5	5	5

	Thursday 11						Friday 12								Saturday 13
	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Madaket Massachusetts	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	3	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	0	3	4	4	4	3	1	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	6	6	14	14	14	14	13	6	6	7	18	17	17	16	16	7	16	16	16	15
Energy	790	665	9	8	685	879	858	753	735	138	44	17	864	1052	1034	1019	998	64	686	916	701	872
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	6:29AM 1.41				6:16PM 1.64				7:29AM 1.46				7:00PM 1.75								7:44PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)				5:42PM -0.05			1:09AM 0.21			11:28AM 0.01		6:10PM -0.10			1:56AM 0.02				1:31PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	27	27	20	22	21	21	22	32	32	27	20	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	20	23
Chill °C (?)	21	22	27	27	20	22	21	21	22	32	32	27	20	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	20	23
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	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	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	6	6	14	14	14	14	13	6	6	7	13	13	13	13	16	7	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	-	-	20	11	10	10	10	9	9	10	18	17	17	16	13	8	13	24	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.2 WSW	-	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	2	2	7	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	14	4	4	-	-	4	12	13	4	4

	Thursday 11																		Friday 12
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	3PM	3PM	4PM	6PM	7PM	7PM	6PM	10PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	4AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	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	Assateague Maryland	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	3	2	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	0	3	4	4	4	3	1	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.8 S	1.1 S	0.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	6	6	7	6	14	6	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	14
Energy	917	901	790	790	665	665	53	9	9	49	113	8	706	41	685	685	880	879	869	221	858	749
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:29AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)																					1:09AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	21	22	21	22	32	27	27	32	25	27	20	25	20	20	22	22	22	23	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	22	21	22	32	27	27	32	25	27	20	25	20	20	22	22	22	23	21	21
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 E	1.1 S	0.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	6	10	7	6	14	6	14	14	14	14	14	6	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.1 SE	0.7 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	-	-	7	-	-	20	10	20	20	11	11	10	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.8 S	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 WNW	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	6	-	2	7	-	7	7	-	-	-	7	-	-

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