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 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Indicas Great Abaco	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Higgins Beach Maine	Indicas Great Abaco	Boynton Beach Florida - South	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Boynton Beach Florida - South	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur
Rating	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	4	4	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	1.0 E	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.6 WNW	1.0 NNE	1.1 NE	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.3 S	1.2 NNE	0.9 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	3.0 W	0.9 NNE	0.3 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	12	9	7	11	11	12	12	12	14	13	11	14	6	11	10	12	13	9	8	13	7	8
Energy(?)	88	174	188	443	1005	399	370	696	975	135	304	406	105	345	196	28	17	1450	125	53	137	97
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			1:27AM 1.52	11:30AM 1.53		12:33AM 0.84	12:33PM 0.85	1:03PM 1.34			1:28PM 0.81	2:34AM 0.89		2:27PM 0.77		4:14AM 2.08	6:08PM 1.35		4:26AM 1.10	4:38PM 0.91		5:54AM 2.35
Low Tide / height (m)		5:40PM 0.50		5:59AM 1.10	6:23PM 0.62		6:35AM 0.28		10:33PM 0.10	7:49AM 0.25		7:54PM 0.10	10:46AM 0.54		9:25PM 0.95	11:42AM 0.29		9:35PM 0.03	10:58AM 0.16		12:42AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	23	-7	22	23	22	22	20	16	24	24	24	5	23	23	23	23	-8	17	24	21	21
Low °C	23	22	-10	22	21	21	22	17	15	20	23	23	3	23	18	20	22	-9	17	23	21	21
Chill °C (?)	25	23	-16	22	23	22	22	20	15	24	24	24	2	23	23	23	23	-16	16	24	21	21
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:51	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:23	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.0 E	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.2 WNW	1.0 NNE	1.1 NE	1.2 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.1 E	1.2 NNE	0.9 NE	0.2 SSW	0.3 NW	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NW	1.0 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	12	9	7	11	11	12	12	12	14	6	11	10	11	11	10	12	10	-	10	6	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.5 N	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.4 SW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.6 N	0.8 NNE	-	0.5 E	0.5 NE	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	6	9	9	12	9	9	15	12	13	11	14	-	5	11	9	13	-	8	13	11	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 NW	-	1.6 WNW	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	0.2 N	1.3 S	-	0.3 NW	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	3.0 W	0.9 NNE	0.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	11	-	-	4	-	-	-	14	6	-	3	3	3	9	8	3	-	-

	Thursday 25					Friday 26								Saturday 27
	10AM	10AM	2PM	4PM	7PM	1AM	4AM	4AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	7PM	1AM	1AM	4AM	7AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	The Wall New Hampshire	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Egg Island Eleuthera	Indicas Great Abaco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.7 W	1.6 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.3 WNW	1.0 NNE	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	7	11	10	10	11	12	11	11	13	12	12	11	14	14
Energy(?)	205	88	84	96	71	205	290	113	459	529	322	405	585	399	570	662	818	365	342	251	562	1003
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:31PM 1.56			11:40PM 0.79				11:51AM 0.82				12:33AM 0.84		1:31AM 1.64		12:33PM 0.85
Low Tide / height (m)	8:41AM 0.33				5:40PM 0.50				9:14AM 0.32			6:23PM 0.16	6:23PM 0.62									7:15PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	0	23	25	25	22	22	22	20	-9	23	22	23	21	21	19	19	18	22	23	23	18	16
Chill °C (?)	-5	23	25	25	22	22	22	20	-15	23	22	23	21	21	19	19	18	22	23	23	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.7 W	1.2 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.3 WNW	1.0 NNE	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 WNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	8	12	12	9	8	9	9	9	7	11	10	10	11	12	11	11	13	12	12	11	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.3 W	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 N	0.8 NNE	0.4 NW	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 WNW	0.7 E	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 N	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	12	9	12	12	8	8	12	10	8	9	8	15	9	14	14	10	9	9	4	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.6 NNE	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	4	-	-	3	3	-	-	3	7	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6

	Thursday 25	Friday 26
	8AM	6AM	8AM	8AM	9AM	1PM	2PM	12PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	5PM	9PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	2AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	The Wall New Hampshire	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Egg Island Eleuthera	Indicas Great Abaco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.5 SW	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.0 E	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.6 W
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	13	13	9	9	12	9	8	9	8	12	9	12	12	12	9	9	8	12	8
Energy(?)	205	88	91	87	89	187	185	115	96	135	173	132	95	169	71	107	105	205	217	58	83	87
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																					1:27AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)											5:34PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-1	20	21	21	22	23	23	25	2	23	22	23	24	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	-6	20	21	21	22	23	23	25	-4	23	22	23	24	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	20
Sunrise	7:11	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:15	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.5 SW	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	0.5 W	1.0 E	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.5 E	0.5 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	13	9	9	12	9	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 W	-	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.5 NW	0.4 N	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 SW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	13	10	12	12	7	6	9	-	7	6	7	12	6	12	12	12	8	8	7	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.1 N	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	-	-	3	-	3	3	3	-	-	4	3	3

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