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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Illinois Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sun
	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	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Egg Island Eleuthera	Celestino Sinaloa	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	3	3	3	1	2	2	0	2	0	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.6 SE	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 S	0.8 ESE	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	3.5 ENE	2.5 NNE	1.3 SSW	2.2 NNE	2.1 NE	1.2 SSW	1.5 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.5 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	15	14	8	14	13	5	13	7	16	16	10	10	18	10	10	16	10	4	12	15	5
Energy(?)	219	624	587	58	472	326	37	392	62	277	423	4313	1546	1002	1163	1071	792	450	7	579	335	33
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:58AM 1.43		10:18PM 2.00	11:33AM 1.28		10:38PM 1.40	12:20PM 1.14		11:06PM 1.80			11:40PM 1.68			2:05AM 0.84		7:43PM 1.37	n/a n/a	5:54AM 1.38	6:44PM 1.48	7:08PM 0.23
Low Tide / height (m)		3:51PM 0.88		5:23AM 0.47	4:54PM 0.15		6:07AM 0.60	3:53PM 1.02		7:16AM 0.71			9:04AM 0.64	6:45PM 0.21		11:14AM 0.65		n/a n/a	12:20PM 0.48			5:33AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	27	23	12	28	25	20	24	21	23	27	22	23	28	25	24	25	15	13	20	19	21
Low °C	16	26	20	12	26	19	16	24	18	19	26	21	23	26	23	24	24	14	13	20	17	21
Chill °C (?)	17	27	23	10	28	25	20	24	21	23	27	22	23	28	25	24	25	15	11	20	18	21
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	6:55	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.6 SE	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	-	0.8 S	-	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	3.0 NE	2.5 NNE	1.3 SSW	2.2 NNE	2.1 NE	1.2 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	7	15	14	8	14	13	-	13	-	12	12	10	10	18	10	10	16	10	11	12	15	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.1 SW	0.7 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.5 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	-	1.2 N	0.4 SW	0.8 N	0.9 N	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 S	-
Period (s)	8	21	5	6	19	19	-	18	-	16	16	-	10	5	10	11	16	-	-	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.2 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 NE	1.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 E	1.6 WNW	0.8 ESE	1.0 WNW	-	3.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.9 SE
Period (s)	6	5	5	4	5	6	5	6	7	5	-	10	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	3	4	5

	Sunday 05								Monday 06								Tuesday 07
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	5PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	8PM	11PM	11PM	2AM	8AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	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	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	South Haven Lake Michigan	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	1	3	2	3	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	2.1 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	2.0 N	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	7	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	13	13	9	13	13	6	6
Energy(?)	652	896	742	842	660	470	642	608	587	501	483	515	376	93	71	508	387	613	310	320	44	34
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	low	mid-flow	high-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				10:58AM 1.43				10:18PM 2.00								9:41PM 1.63		n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)		4:47AM 0.37			4:22PM 0.09	4:04PM 0.36					5:23AM 0.47							n/a n/a	7:07AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	20	25	13	23	23	21	20	20	22	27	32	10	9	23	18	-3	18	24	21	22
Chill °C (?)	20	19	20	25	12	23	23	21	20	20	22	27	32	8	8	23	18	-7	18	24	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	6:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:27	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSE	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	-	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	7	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	13	13	-	13	13	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.3 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	5	11	11	11	7	21	21	11	5	10	5	10	19	7	7	19	10	-	18	18	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	2.1 S	0.6 W	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	0.5 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	2.0 N	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	7	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	-	6	9	6	6	-	-

	Sunday 05
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	7AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	4PM	5PM	3PM	4PM	8PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	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	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	South Haven Lake Michigan	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	1	1	3	2	3	2	2	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	6	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	7	8	14	15	6	14	14	6	6
Energy(?)	683	679	652	761	209	467	896	899	742	742	737	842	460	830	784	685	647	46	473	478	16	15
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												10:58AM 1.43						n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)						4:16AM 0.15								3:44PM 0.04			3:51PM 0.88	n/a n/a	5:40PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	16	24	19	19	20	22	24	25	26	13	12	27	27	5	24	22	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	14	24	19	19	20	22	24	25	26	11	10	27	27	3	24	22	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	6:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	0.3 ENE	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 NW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	8	14	15	6	14	14	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.1 E	0.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 WNW	0.1 SW	-	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	5	21	-	9	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	-	-	1.6 S	0.7 WNW	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	2.0 S	1.8 SW	0.4 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	5	5	-	-	6	5	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	8	5	5	-	5	5	3	3

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