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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	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			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	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NW	0.4 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	12	12	12	16	16	15	12	14	13	15	10	12	16	16	10	15	15	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	393	47	95	45	484	451	255	87	528	104	53	25	60	102	81	34	191	78	82	80	75	132
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:55PM 0.90	1:13PM 0.88	3:17AM 1.61		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	4:36PM 1.27		4:27AM 1.82	5:41PM 1.32		6:22AM 1.40	6:28PM 1.36		5:26AM 2.00		7:05PM 1.40	6:40AM 2.02		8:03PM 1.30	7:52AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)			8:01PM 0.72	8:15AM 0.19	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		9:42PM 0.91	11:37AM 0.62		11:34PM 0.95	12:51PM 0.33		11:01PM 1.00	12:41PM 0.33		11:35PM 1.01	1:52PM 0.21	1:12PM 0.23	1:41AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-6	25	22	24	24	20	24	25	21	24	26	22	24	26	24	6	26	22	25	24	20	22
Low °C	-7	22	20	23	21	18	21	23	21	22	23	21	22	25	22	5	24	20	24	21	18	21
Chill °C (?)	-14	25	22	24	24	20	24	25	21	24	26	22	24	26	24	2	26	22	25	24	20	22
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	6:16	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	4:44	-	-	4:44	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.5 NW	0.5 SSW	0.9 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.5 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.3 SE	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	12	12	15	16	16	15	12	14	13	10	12	5	16	5	10	15	5	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NE	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	15	5	12	12	4	11	16	10	4	15	4	12	12	12	7	10	15	5	7	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	0.7 W	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	-
Period (s)	7	3	-	-	3	4	-	3	3	-	3	-	-	4	-	4	5	-	-	4	4	-

	Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	4AM	7AM	7AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Indicas Great Abaco	Boynton Beach Florida - South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	21st Street (Miami) Florida - South	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	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	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NE	1.3 NNE	0.5 S	1.2 NNE	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	10	6	7	6	15	12	12	15	13	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	14
Energy(?)	429	364	126	341	302	290	220	135	51	50	327	65	161	484	489	457	451	427	744	452	202	201
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	-	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			3:17AM 1.61				3:00PM 1.28				3:55AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)					n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	8:01PM 0.72								8:55PM 0.83					11:25AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	15	21	21	-7	-10	-12	21	20	19	19	24	24	24	21	20	19	19	20	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	23	14	21	21	-13	-15	-16	21	20	19	19	24	24	24	21	20	19	19	20	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	6:56	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NE	1.3 NNE	0.5 S	1.2 NNE	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 W
Period (s)	10	10	13	10	-	-	-	12	14	14	15	5	15	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.4 WNW	0.2 E	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	8	8	10	6	-	-	-	15	12	12	12	13	11	12	11	4	4	4	12	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 N	-	1.1 N	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	5	-	6	6	7	6	4	4	-	-	-	4	3	4	4	4	-	-	-	4	4

	Thursday 11
	2AM	3AM	1AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	11AM	12PM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	6PM	6PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Indicas Great Abaco	Boynton Beach Florida - South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	21st Street (Miami) Florida - South	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	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	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 NNE	1.1 NE	0.5 S	0.9 NNE	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	10	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	15	15	12	12
Energy(?)	469	268	90	191	381	424	424	126	126	126	96	61	81	81	48	48	47	47	279	134	96	96
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a									1:02PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)					n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a				8:11AM 1.17	10:28AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	16	22	16	-6	-7	-7	21	21	22	23	25	25	25	25	26	26	25	22	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	24	15	22	14	-14	-15	-15	21	21	22	23	25	25	25	25	26	26	25	22	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:44	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NNE	1.1 NE	0.5 S	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	13	10	-	-	-	13	13	13	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NE	0.3 ESE	0.5 NW	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	11	6	11	6	-	-	-	10	10	10	13	5	11	13	12	12	15	15	12	12	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NNW	-	0.7 NNW	2.1 NW	2.2 NW	2.2 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	-	4	-	4	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3

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