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 02			Fri		Saturday 04			Sun				Monday 06			Tue		Wed				Thu
	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Assateague Maryland	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	1	2	2	4	3	3	1	3	3	2	4	2	2	4	5	2	5	1	4	4	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	1.0 E	2.1 NE	2.2 NE	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	2.2 S	2.4 SSW	0.9 S	3.0 SSW	0.9 SE	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	0.1 S	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	12	11	10	12	12	12	15	15	18	13	13	15	14	7	15	13	7	13
Energy(?)	83	249	195	2924	2208	1687	215	1448	1417	281	281	400	399	1753	2833	488	3720	104	1862	3101	1	2473
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:34PM 1.45	9:21AM 0.63	7:15AM 1.62	7:22PM 1.76		7:18AM 1.60	7:02PM 1.70		8:10AM 2.04	7:55PM 1.88	11:01AM 2.88	7:57AM 1.82		8:18AM 1.03			9:09AM 1.07		9:29PM 0.80	9:59PM 2.08	9:48AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)	12:16PM 0.98			12:36PM 0.88		12:54AM 0.27	1:05PM 0.57		1:21AM 0.26			5:05AM -0.12		1:53AM 0.04		2:39PM 0.04	2:48PM 0.09		3:35PM 0.03	3:25AM -0.00	3:57AM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	3	2	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	27	30	28	26	27	27	19	28	27	26	30	23	22	30	28	28	30	24	32	30	26	30
Low °C	23	29	23	26	27	27	19	27	27	24	29	19	19	29	26	26	29	23	30	29	19	28
Chill °C (?)	27	30	28	26	27	27	19	28	27	26	30	23	22	30	28	28	30	24	32	30	26	30
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	6:24	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:24	-	7:03	6:24	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	5:53	-	6:52	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	1.0 E	2.1 NE	2.2 NE	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.2 S	2.4 SSW	0.9 S	3.0 SSW	0.9 SE	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	0.1 S	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	10	13	12	11	10	12	12	12	12	10	10	13	13	15	14	7	15	13	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 ESE	0.1 SE	0.8 N	0.5 N	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	1.4 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 WNW	1.3 SW	-	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	12	15	13	13	12	11	12	11	10	16	15	11	11	9	16	16	-	9	6	15	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 WNW	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	2	3	13	-	-	-	3	2	5	-	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 02						Friday 03							Saturday 04
	8AM	11AM	5PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	8PM	8PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	8AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Madaket Massachusetts	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	The Wall New Hampshire	Celestino Sinaloa	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Celestino Sinaloa	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	3.0 NNE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	0.9 SSW	2.3 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 NE	1.7 WNW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	7	18
Energy(?)	235	204	161	162	205	275	230	265	224	234	279	86	227	2208	1848	1749	573	1629	1503	1385	596	402
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	7:05AM 1.37				6:53PM 1.59				7:05AM 1.48				6:20PM 1.59			5:52AM 0.76	7:18AM 1.60			6:15PM 0.88	7:50PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)							12:28AM 0.33				12:47PM 0.27			11:51PM 0.18				11:55AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	29	13	29	28	27	26	25	26	26	31	21	28	27	27	27	26	27	28	28	25	21
Chill °C (?)	26	29	11	29	28	27	26	25	26	26	31	21	28	27	27	27	26	27	28	28	25	21
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	6:00	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:21	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	3.0 NNE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	0.9 SSW	2.3 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 NE	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.3 SE	0.6 SSW	0.3 NNW	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.4 SSW	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.7 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	14	9	16	11	15	7	9	9	9	13	13	11	9	12	12	11	19	11	11	12	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	9	5	5	3	3	-	-	6	5	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	7

	Thursday 02															Fri	Thu	Friday 03
	6AM	7AM	11AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	8PM	6PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	10PM	2AM	3AM	4AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Madaket Massachusetts	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	The Wall New Hampshire	Celestino Sinaloa	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Celestino Sinaloa	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 E	0.8 SSW	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	0.9 SSW	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	0.6 SW	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	11
Energy(?)	242	235	199	82	147	204	238	227	269	152	149	135	250	2998	2770	2770	275	2770	2770	3598	195	189
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													5:34PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)								12:16PM 0.98								11:11PM 0.23					1:11AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	13	25	25	29	30	30	30	29	29	12	29	26	26	26	28	26	26	26	24	23
Chill °C (?)	26	26	10	25	25	29	30	30	30	29	29	11	29	26	26	26	28	26	26	26	24	23
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 E	0.8 SSW	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	0.9 SSW	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	1.1 NE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.1 SW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.5 NE	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	12	5	5	9	9	15	15	15	15	10	15	14	12	12	7	12	12	14	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NW	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NNW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	-	7	3	5	-	-	7	7	5	4	-	2	-	10	10	3	10	10	10	3	6

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