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

	Tue		Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sun				Monday 04			Tue
	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Madaket Massachusetts	Jensen Beach Florida - South	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	St George Island Florida - Gulf	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	0	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.3 NE	1.4 ESE	0.9 NE	1.9 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 S
Period(s)	16	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	10	16	10	10	15	14	6	16	16	7
Energy	133	328	402	250	619	798	684	459	307	249	238	49	169	144	81	81	253	202	7	303	310	4
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	6:27PM 1.12		7:00AM 0.74	8:02AM 1.69	7:49PM 2.08	7:15AM 0.84		8:02PM 1.01	8:06AM 0.93		12:47AM 0.75	8:59AM 0.63		9:16PM 0.98	9:19AM 0.89		1:28AM 2.70		2:08PM 2.37	2:03AM 2.65		2:28PM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)		1:02AM 0.17	12:54PM 0.14	1:37PM 0.67		1:10PM -0.01	5:15PM 0.20	2:10AM 0.07		6:06PM 0.07			2:42PM 0.13	3:24AM 0.10		7:35PM 0.35		8:11AM 0.04		8:11PM 0.41	8:13AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	7	2	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	24	7	27	9	10	8	8	9	11	9	25	11	22	11	11	23	19	19	23	18	22
Low °C	15	23	6	27	7	10	8	7	7	11	3	24	10	22	7	10	21	16	18	22	16	21
Chill °C (?)	20	24	2	27	8	9	5	5	9	8	6	25	9	22	9	8	23	19	19	23	17	22
Sunrise	6:01	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:33	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:44	7:09	-	7:47	7:10	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.3 NE	1.4 ESE	0.9 NE	1.9 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	0.9 ESE	0.6 NW	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 S
Period (s)	16	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	10	13	7	10	15	14	6	16	16	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.1 E	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	14	6	-	12	-	-	-	12	12	-	6	-	-	16	10	9	12	12	-	13	16	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	-	1.0 NNE	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	0.9 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.2 NNW	1.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	-
Period (s)	6	-	5	3	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	5	4	4	3	6	4	4	3	5	5	-

	Tuesday 28					Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Fri
	11AM	2PM	5PM	5PM	8PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Madaket Massachusetts	Madaket Massachusetts	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	3	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 E	2.0 ESE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period(s)	10	12	12	15	15	10	10	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	692	208	245	219	242	210	761	242	240	356	334	426	425	315	257	833	798	753	729	631	542	459
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					7:29PM 1.99			6:48AM 0.94		11:19AM 0.70		7:28PM 0.91						11:30AM 2.55				11:26PM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)		12:18PM 0.14				12:38AM 0.04	4:20AM 0.04				4:47PM 0.05			1:31AM 0.06		5:37AM -0.02				5:45PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	24	24	23	20	17	5	23	26	8	8	24	24	24	23	10	10	10	10	9	8	7
Chill °C (?)	11	24	24	23	20	17	2	23	26	5	5	24	24	24	23	9	10	10	9	7	5	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:36	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 E	2.0 ESE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	10	9	9	15	15	10	10	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SE	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.3 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.2 E	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	11	12	12	13	13	6	-	-	6	-	4	11	11	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 NE	1.3 WNW	1.1 WNW	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 N	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	6	6	-	-	3	6	4	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 28	Wednesday 29
	9AM	10AM	11AM	9AM	10AM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Madaket Massachusetts	Madaket Massachusetts	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	3	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NNE	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 E	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE
Period(s)	10	13	12	14	16	11	7	8	8	9	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy	411	248	222	140	133	274	142	393	393	314	327	245	275	246	287	417	488	567	669	767	761	833
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																					4:20AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	24	24	17	18	13	6	25	25	7	6	24	24	24	24	6	6	6	6	6	5	5
Chill °C (?)	9	24	24	17	18	12	3	25	25	2	1	24	24	24	24	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.7 NE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	1.1 E	1.2 ESE	1.4 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 N	1.0 N	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 E	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE
Period (s)	10	13	12	6	16	11	7	8	8	9	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 SE	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	14	14	6	-	12	12	-	-	12	12	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 NW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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