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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	Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Fri
	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	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Madaket Massachusetts	Madaket Massachusetts	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	0	2	3	2	3	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	1	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.4 S	0.4 SSW	1.5 S	0.7 W	0.6 W	1.6 NE	1.1 E	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	5	14	13	17	10	16	6	12	8	14	16	7	8	9	13	13	6	7	8	14	14	4
Energy(?)	3	448	299	514	318	554	144	83	249	246	306	295	194	357	1030	381	168	236	286	170	119	3
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			7:55PM 0.31			7:47PM 1.49	6:43AM 2.12		8:06PM 1.57	7:18AM 2.18		8:26PM 1.67	9:00AM 1.90		8:49PM 1.76	8:27AM 2.13		9:13PM 1.85	9:59AM 1.85	n/a n/a	10:24PM 1.70	10:32AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	12:55PM 0.31	2:25PM 0.14		6:14AM -0.06		12:31AM 0.95		1:45PM 0.14	1:07AM 0.83		2:44PM 0.10	1:42AM 0.72		2:34PM 0.14	2:19AM 0.63		3:43PM 0.19	2:58AM 0.57		n/a n/a	4:25AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light snow	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	16	20	20	17	20	20	16	18	18	4	6	18	15	17	24	3	2	24	15	21
Low °C	15	17	14	17	19	16	18	18	8	16	18	3	6	16	14	14	23	1	1	22	14	21
Chill °C (?)	17	18	15	20	20	17	19	20	15	18	17	0	4	17	15	16	24	0	-1	24	14	21
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:30	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	5:27	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:30	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	-	1.1 NW	1.5 S	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.4 SE	1.1 E	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	1.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 NW	-
Period (s)	5	14	11	10	17	16	-	14	8	14	16	9	8	9	13	13	15	9	8	14	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.5 S	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	11	6	17	13	10	-	12	-	12	14	-	8	14	13	7	12	7	8	15	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	1.0 WNW	-	1.4 S	0.5 WNW	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	1.6 NE	-	1.7 WNW	-	0.4 NNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 SW	-	0.7 W	0.7 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	10	-	6	3	-	5	3	7	-	9	-	3	6	7	-	8	6	4

	Friday 13						Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	7AM	11AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	2PM	6PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	4	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WNW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	-	0.8 W	0.7 W
Period(s) (?)	11	15	5	5	5	14	13	11	10	17	13	10	17	10	16	16	16	15	15	-	15	14
Energy(?)	1023	365	2	3	1	344	299	374	320	514	187	318	438	244	554	792	820	690	352	0	350	313
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	-	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:26AM 1.88				7:55PM 0.31	7:33PM 1.41			6:07AM 2.01					7:47PM 1.49			7:29AM 2.07			n/a n/a		8:40PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)							11:54PM 1.07				1:55PM 0.20	1:20PM 0.21			12:31AM 0.95					n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	18	18	18	16	15	15	14	17	22	20	19	17	17	17	18	18	21	-1	18	17
Chill °C (?)	16	18	18	18	18	15	15	14	14	17	22	20	19	17	17	17	18	18	21	-4	18	17
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	0.6 W	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 W	-	0.8 W	0.7 W
Period (s)	11	11	5	5	5	14	11	11	10	10	13	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	-	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	-	-	-	11	6	13	13	17	6	13	13	10	10	13	10	12	12	-	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	0.2 ESE	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	11	5	-	3	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4

	Friday 13																		Saturday 14
	5AM	7AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	4PM	4PM	6PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	10PM	10PM	0AM	2AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Apostle Islands Lake Superior	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	4	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	5	5	5	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	14	14	-	13	13
Energy(?)	591	970	3	3	3	510	510	642	642	612	358	448	250	389	388	388	410	344	245	0	241	201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																7:33PM 1.41				n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)									12:55PM 0.31											n/a n/a	1:34AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	15	16	17	18	19	19	19	19	21	19	18	18	17	17	18	16	18	-4	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	14	16	17	18	19	18	18	18	21	18	17	17	16	16	17	15	18	-9	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	5	5	5	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	11	11	14	14	-	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	-	0.5 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	15	15	-	-	-	15	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	11	11	-	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	5	11	-	-	-	5	5	11	11	11	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	-	6	6

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