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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	Sat	Sunday 17			Mon		Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Indicas Great Abaco	Jensen Beach Florida - South	2nd Beach Rhode Island	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North
Rating	2	1	2	2	4	2	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SE	0.8 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 NE	2.4 ENE	2.5 S	2.1 NE	1.4 SE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.0 SSW	1.4 NNE	1.7 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	19	6	18	18	13	16	16	15	16	17	12	12	17	12	15	12	11	16	11	13	14	12
Energy(?)	338	32	375	464	559	434	1154	1332	1778	3825	2007	1694	4308	1202	1195	743	659	580	984	1278	599	255
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:51PM 1.88		7:38AM 1.29	5:58PM 1.39		7:55AM 0.35	6:21PM 2.05		8:24AM 1.49	6:51PM 1.70		8:48AM 1.57		8:08PM 1.77	7:43PM 1.45		8:06AM 1.35			8:42AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	10:52PM 0.56			12:12AM 0.39	10:34AM 1.23					1:26AM 0.13	1:02PM 1.01		2:22AM 0.10	1:46PM 0.89		2:38AM -0.11		2:08AM 0.04		2:04PM -0.01	3:02PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	2	7	-	2	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	26	27	23	28	27	27	29	27	24	30	29	21	30	20	30	30	30	29	29	30	26
Low °C	22	25	26	19	28	26	23	28	22	22	29	27	18	29	19	29	30	29	29	29	29	25
Chill °C (?)	22	26	27	23	28	27	27	29	27	24	30	29	21	30	20	30	30	30	29	29	30	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	7:52	7:12	-	7:51	7:10	-	7:54	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:37	7:07	-	7:35	7:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SE	0.8 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 NE	2.4 ENE	2.5 S	2.1 NE	1.4 SE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.0 SSW	1.4 NNE	1.7 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	13	6	13	18	13	16	16	15	16	17	12	12	17	12	15	12	11	16	11	13	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.2 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 SE	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.2 E	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.5 SE	-	1.3 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 S	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.5 S	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	19	9	18	5	17	12	-	-	11	-	9	-	7	-	9	7	9	10	12	12	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSE	1.1 WNW	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.8 NE	-	0.5 NNW	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.4 SE	0.5 ESE	0.8 WNW	-
Period (s)	4	3	5	-	-	4	5	6	6	7	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	4	3	7	9	-

	Sat		Sunday 17								Monday 18							Tuesday 19
	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	8AM	2PM
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	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	3	2	3	2	2	0	2	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SE	0.7 SW	1.2 SSE	1.8 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	19	18	18	18	18	-	5	18	18	18	17	17	16	2	16	16	15	15	15	16	16
Energy(?)	357	356	330	290	330	330	0	1	375	505	464	537	398	451	1	359	1058	1463	1001	1139	530	1202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)													7:38AM 1.29						4:29AM 1.08		8:00AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		10:52PM 0.56				9:53AM 0.76		4:53PM -0.10			12:12AM 0.39			10:34AM 1.23			10:49PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	20	19	20	26	30	30	23	27	20	25	20	24	30	26	26	25	23	23	22	29
Chill °C (?)	22	22	20	19	20	26	30	30	23	27	20	25	20	24	30	26	26	25	23	23	22	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	6:09	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	-	0.7 SW	1.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	0.9 SSW	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	-	-	13	13	18	17	17	16	-	16	12	15	15	15	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-
Period (s)	19	4	18	18	18	18	-	5	18	18	5	13	13	13	-	12	16	-	-	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.3 SE	0.5 W	-	0.6 E	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 NW	0.9 E
Period (s)	4	4	5	-	5	4	-	-	5	-	-	-	6	6	2	6	-	6	-	4	6	6

	Saturday 16						Sunday 17
	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	3AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	10AM	9AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	2PM	6PM
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	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	3	2	3	2	2	0	2	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 E
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	19	13	5	5	18	13	18	19	18	18	-	19	6	6	9	9	18	6
Energy(?)	254	326	357	327	358	310	2	2	330	361	288	350	290	290	0	332	56	56	33	33	344	30
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)																				3:05PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)						10:01PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	23	22	22	22	22	29	29	20	25	19	25	19	19	30	25	29	30	31	31	27	28
Chill °C (?)	25	23	22	22	22	22	29	29	20	25	19	25	19	19	30	25	29	30	31	31	27	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 SSW	0.4 E
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	13	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	13	6	6	6	6	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SSW	0.3 SE
Period (s)	15	19	19	19	4	19	5	5	18	19	18	19	18	18	-	19	9	9	9	9	18	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.7 NW	0.3 WNW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.6 NW	-	0.4 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.8 WNW	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	5	3	5	3	-	5	-	4	6	6	-	-	4	-

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