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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	Sat		Sunday 17			Mon		Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Indicas Great Abaco	2nd Beach Rhode Island	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Indicas Great Abaco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Egg Island Eleuthera	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SE	0.8 SSW	1.4 SE	1.7 E	1.9 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.7 E	2.3 NE	2.5 S	1.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.7 NE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NE	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	18	18	18	18	13	16	15	15	16	16	14	12	17	17	11	12	12	11	14	13	14
Energy(?)	234	331	330	375	443	543	434	893	1253	1905	3001	1229	1485	4240	1162	1188	655	817	739	1539	1034	428
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:51AM 0.95		3:51PM 1.88		7:38AM 1.29	5:16PM 1.95		7:55AM 0.35	6:52PM 1.55		8:24AM 1.49	7:12PM 2.14		8:48AM 1.57			8:48AM 1.52		8:01AM 1.18		8:31PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	4:02PM -0.07	10:01PM 0.51			12:12AM 0.39	10:34AM 1.23		1:06AM 0.25			1:47AM 0.14	1:02PM 1.01		1:59AM 0.09	1:46PM 0.89	2:02PM 0.28	7:41PM -0.05		2:08AM 0.04		2:12PM -0.29	2:45AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-
High °C	25	22	26	27	24	28	27	27	29	27	27	30	29	20	21	21	30	29	29	28	30	28
Low °C	25	19	23	26	23	28	26	23	29	22	22	30	28	18	20	19	28	29	28	28	29	27
Chill °C (?)	25	22	26	27	24	28	27	27	29	27	27	30	29	19	21	21	30	29	29	28	30	28
Sunrise	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-
Sunset	7:13	-	-	7:12	-	7:51	7:10	-	7:57	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:51	7:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	1.1 SE	0.8 SSW	1.4 SE	1.7 E	1.9 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.7 E	2.3 NE	2.5 S	1.2 SE	1.6 ESE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.7 NE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NE	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	6	13	16	15	15	16	16	14	12	17	17	11	12	12	11	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SE	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.9 N	-	1.0 N	-	0.6 S
Period (s)	15	5	18	18	18	16	12	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	7	17	9	11	-	12	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	-	0.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	1.1 WNW	0.5 ENE	0.6 NE	0.8 E	1.1 NE	-	-	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	4	5	6	-	5	4	4	6	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-

	Saturday 16				Sunday 17								Monday 18							Tuesday 19
	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Alabama Point Alabama	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	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North
Rating	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	0	2	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 ESE	0.7 SW	0.9 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	14	14	19	18	18	18	18	5	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	3	16	16	16	15	15
Energy(?)	1	204	357	360	331	290	331	359	1	318	375	491	465	541	403	365	1	359	747	1501	726	868
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		2:22PM 1.23								4:32PM 1.25					7:38AM 1.29						4:37AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)				10:52PM 0.56									12:12AM 0.39						10:49PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	31	24	22	22	20	19	20	25	31	25	23	21	20	24	20	27	29	26	26	26	25	23
Chill °C (?)	31	24	22	22	20	19	20	25	31	25	23	21	20	24	20	27	29	26	26	26	25	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.7 SW	1.1 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	6	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	-	13	13	5	18	17	17	16	-	16	12	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	0.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	12	19	5	5	18	18	18	-	18	18	18	5	13	6	12	-	12	16	12	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 W	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.4 WNW	-	0.6 W	1.2 WNW	1.3 NW	-	-	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.3 ESE	0.6 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	-	-	-	5	5	-	4	5	6	-	-	6	5	3	4	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 16												Sunday 17
	2PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	6AM	5AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Alabama Point Alabama	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	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North
Rating	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	0	2	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	6	14	14	14	15	15	13	14	6	14	19	19	19	14	18	19	5	19	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	1	269	266	265	235	234	244	315	2	345	362	360	352	393	331	336	2	336	23	31	24	26
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				2:20PM 1.88														4:51AM 0.95
Low Tide / height (m)												10:52PM 0.56							8:10AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	31	24	25	25	25	25	25	23	31	22	22	22	21	26	20	22	28	22	24	26	27	29
Chill °C (?)	31	24	25	25	25	25	25	23	31	22	22	22	21	26	20	22	28	22	24	26	27	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 E
Period (s)	6	14	14	14	12	12	13	14	6	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	-	13	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	15	15	15	19	-	8	5	5	5	19	5	19	5	19	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.4 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	10	3	3	4	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	6	6	6	-

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