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			Sunday 03			Mon				Tue
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Jensen Beach Florida - South	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Celestino Sinaloa	Assateague Maryland	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	1	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.4 E	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.0 NE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.7 SW
Period(s)	10	9	10	10	10	8	9	9	11	9	9	6	16	9	15	15	7	9	16	16	6	15
Energy	328	225	327	349	1058	728	542	339	255	238	265	264	126	86	138	334	83	40	304	308	3	383
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:02AM 1.69		11:17AM 2.78	8:38AM 1.67	8:02PM 1.01	8:20AM 0.67		8:46PM 0.93	8:59AM 0.63		9:16PM 0.98	9:19AM 0.89		1:28AM 2.70		2:08PM 2.37	1:46AM 2.85		2:28PM 2.49	2:25AM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)	1:02AM 0.17	1:57AM 0.40	1:37PM 0.67	1:24AM 0.02	5:05AM -0.02	2:00PM 0.74	2:10AM 0.07		2:05PM 0.13	3:16AM 0.16		2:42PM 0.13	3:24AM 0.10		7:13PM 0.40		8:11AM 0.04			8:13AM 0.13		8:14PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	7	16	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	24	10	9	8	8	10	27	9	10	11	28	11	20	21	25	18	22	20	22	23
Low °C	24	23	24	7	9	8	7	8	27	4	6	11	27	7	16	21	24	17	22	16	21	22
Chill °C (?)	24	23	24	8	6	5	6	8	27	6	8	8	28	9	20	21	25	18	22	20	22	23
Sunrise	-	6:31	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:35	-	-	6:01	5:50	-	6:28	-	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	6:36	-	-	7:10	-	7:53	7:10	-	-	7:12
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NE	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.4 E	-	2.5 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.0 NE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 SW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 S	0.7 SW
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	-	8	9	9	11	9	9	6	16	9	15	12	4	9	16	16	6	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 S	-	0.8 SE	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	-	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	6	12	12	-	-	-	12	12	6	6	-	8	10	8	13	15	10	9	13	11	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	-	-	2.4 ESE	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.8 SSE	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.8 N	0.4 W	0.4 NNW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 S	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 NNW	1.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	10	-	-	2	4	3	3	4	3	4	5	4	7	4	5	6	2	6

	Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 01
	5PM	5PM	8PM	2AM	5AM	5AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	1	2	2	2	3	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 E	1.8 ESE	0.4 WNW	1.2 NE	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	2.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period(s)	12	15	15	10	10	13	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	245	219	242	206	636	150	235	271	327	426	424	411	257	252	1203	1019	978	770	621	542	469	419
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:29PM 1.99							7:28PM 0.91				7:28AM 0.93		11:30AM 2.55				11:26PM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)				12:38AM 0.04	4:20AM 0.04			12:54PM 0.14				1:49AM 0.17						5:45PM 0.20				5:45AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	23	19	17	6	17	26	24	24	24	24	24	22	22	11	11	11	10	8	8	7	8
Chill °C (?)	24	23	19	17	4	17	26	24	24	24	24	24	22	22	10	11	11	8	5	5	4	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33
Sunset	7:36	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 N	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 E	1.8 ESE	0.4 WNW	1.2 NE	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.5 E	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	9	15	15	10	10	13	9	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 SE	-	0.4 SW	0.2 E	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	13	13	6	-	16	7	12	12	11	11	11	4	4	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.9 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	0.7 NW	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	2.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W
Period (s)	12	5	5	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Tuesday 28	Wednesday 29
	3PM	1PM	2PM	6PM	7PM	5PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	1	2	2	2	3	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	0.5 S	1.4 NE	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.6 E	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period(s)	12	13	13	11	8	15	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	199	178	178	275	187	219	349	271	271	251	259	311	321	321	474	817	896	914	746	746	746	731
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																					10:33AM 2.80
Low Tide / height (m)			1:14PM 0.60									1:02AM 0.17			4:27AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	22	24	14	8	23	24	24	24	24	23	23	24	24	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5
Chill °C (?)	24	22	24	14	7	23	24	24	24	24	23	23	24	24	3	3	3	3	1	2	1	1
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 N	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	0.5 S	1.4 NE	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.0 N	1.1 N	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.6 E	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	9	13	13	11	8	15	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.1 SE	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	15	15	6	-	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	-	5	-	2	2	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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