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 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			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	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Celestino Sinaloa	Egg Island Eleuthera	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Union Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Madaket Massachusetts	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur
Rating	2	1	2	1	0	3	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	1	0	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.8 SSW	1.1 E	0.6 SSE	0.9 SW	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.1 SSW	0.7 SW	1.5 SE	1.1 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW
Period(s)	13	9	15	8	4	16	5	7	15	8	8	16	17	8	15	7	6	14	14	9	14	13
Energy	296	59	495	163	17	516	53	236	414	346	279	637	573	312	553	98	65	392	315	53	293	231
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:14PM 1.06		11:10PM 1.38	1:48PM 0.73	1:31PM 0.26	2:06AM 1.56	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:54AM 1.45		3:09PM 1.09		5:47AM 1.51	7:56PM 2.82		9:07AM 0.67			7:46AM 1.69	5:44PM 1.19		8:32AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		6:05PM 0.14		7:49AM 0.12		8:42PM 1.23	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	10:40PM 1.07	9:07AM 0.07		11:48PM 0.86	11:55AM 0.34		12:33AM 0.66		6:05PM 0.01	1:10AM 0.49	1:41PM 0.23		1:42AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	6	-	2	1	-	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	26	25	26	19	11	11	20	20	19	19	21	10	18	11	26	17	20	24	18	19
Low °C	16	14	24	25	26	16	10	11	17	20	18	16	17	8	16	11	25	16	16	21	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	13	26	25	26	19	10	8	20	20	19	19	21	8	18	9	26	16	20	24	18	19
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:15	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	8:08	-	-	7:40	-	-	9:31	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 E	0.1 S	0.9 SW	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.5 SE	1.1 SSW	0.8 ESE	-	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	6	15	8	9	16	-	-	15	8	8	16	14	8	15	7	-	14	14	9	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.1 N	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.4 S	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 WNW	0.7 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 WNW	0.5 S	-	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 E	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	15	9	18	13	-	11	-	-	9	6	6	5	17	16	10	6	-	13	13	7	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	-	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	0.6 WNW	-	-	1.2 NW	0.6 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	0.5 NE	0.9 SSE	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.3 S	0.8 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	4	4	-	2	4	-	5	7	4	-	-	6	6	-	5	4	6	5	5	6	5	5

	Thursday 21								Friday 22								Saturday 23
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	5PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Union Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior
Rating	3	3	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period(s)	14	14	15	13	9	5	15	15	15	15	18	4	4	5	15	16	16	16	16	6	7	7
Energy	624	632	267	296	59	10	331	402	495	477	313	14	17	17	322	293	516	489	478	59	236	243
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)									11:10PM 1.38				1:31PM 0.26					2:06AM 1.56		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			6:29AM 0.16								7:41AM 0.31					9:57PM 1.15				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2
Temp. °C	26	25	16	18	14	25	26	25	25	24	18	26	26	26	26	26	17	16	17	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	26	25	16	18	14	25	26	25	25	24	18	26	26	26	26	26	17	16	17	11	11	9
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	6	-	15	15	15	15	18	9	9	-	15	16	16	16	16	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	19	19	15	15	9	6	18	18	18	18	12	-	-	-	6	11	11	11	11	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	-	-	-	3	-	6	7	7

	Thursday 21
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	7AM	7AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa
Rating	3	3	2	2	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	5	13	13	13	6	9	5	5	5	13	18	15	15
Energy	629	628	624	624	699	632	593	350	267	8	296	296	295	68	59	11	10	10	368	380	331	371
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	on	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																				6:21PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	16	16	25	17	18	18	13	14	25	25	25	18	18	26	26
Chill °C (?)	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	16	16	25	17	18	18	12	14	25	25	25	18	18	26	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	7:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	-	13	13	13	6	6	-	-	-	13	18	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	10	15	5	15	15	15	9	9	9	6	6	15	13	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 SE	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	13	-	-	-

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