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

	Mon		Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thu		Friday 13			Sat				Sun		Monday 16
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	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	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Celestino Sinaloa	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	3	1	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WNW	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	7	7	21	20	18	18	16	16	15	6	8	14	7	22	21	20	19	18	8	10	16
Energy(?)	85	479	969	616	855	683	828	701	392	526	65	85	458	495	496	516	1032	844	1186	856	1857	994
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:31AM 0.78	12:54PM 0.59		1:32AM 0.94	10:33PM 1.43		6:40PM 1.20	8:06PM 0.95		7:05PM 1.07	9:36PM 4:25AM 1.32 1.47		7:58PM 1.40		6:02AM 1.77	7:56PM 1.49		6:47AM 1.90		8:07PM 1.62	7:25AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)		7:18AM 0.18	6:46PM 0.14			12:09PM 0.71		11:53PM 0.90	4:50AM -0.04		11:05PM 1.31	12:55PM 0.49		12:09AM 1.19	1:19PM 0.38		12:48AM 1.02	1:42PM 0.29		1:23AM 0.84		2:06PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	-
High °C	24	17	17	20	18	20	24	23	25	30	7	15	25	5	22	23	22	21	25	22	8	28
Low °C	23	17	16	20	16	15	23	21	23	28	6	15	24	5	20	23	19	19	24	21	6	27
Chill °C (?)	24	16	16	20	18	20	24	23	25	30	4	14	25	0	22	23	22	21	25	22	4	28
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:41	-	7:16	-	-	7:03	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	6:13	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:44	-	7:24	6:15	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	6:58	6:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.7 W	0.7 S	0.9 WNW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	-	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	7	21	11	18	18	16	16	15	8	8	14	7	13	21	20	19	18	-	-	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.9 S	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	-	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	16	23	21	12	20	6	11	11	6	10	6	-	24	10	22	13	13	12	12	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 WNW	1.1 W	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	-	0.7 NW	0.9 ENE	-	0.3 WNW	1.7 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	2.5 S	3.0 S	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	3	7	7	6	-	-	9	5	-	12	6	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	10	8	10	4

	Monday 09			Tuesday 10									Wednesday 11								Thu
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Egg Island Eleuthera	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Punta Conejo 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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	0	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	0.5 SE	0.7 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	9	8	6	10	22	22	7	7	5	21	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16
Energy(?)	277	86	82	53	492	508	969	969	10	601	870	1334	855	804	814	683	756	828	573	593	701	703
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				12:43AM 0.98					2:01PM 0.28				12:34AM 1.64									2:39AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		5:58PM 0.09								4:31PM 0.73							11:25AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	21	22	18	21	20	15	17	22	18	19	17	16	16	15	20	23	24	23	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	24	21	22	18	21	20	14	16	22	17	19	17	16	16	14	20	23	24	23	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	0.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 W	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	6	6	6	22	22	7	7	5	21	5	11	11	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	10	8	9	8	11	11	22	21	-	11	20	20	20	11	10	6	10	11	5	5	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	2.1 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.4 SSE	1.3 W	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	4	-	-	7	7	5	7	7	11	-	-	-	-	10	9	6	6	5	-

	Monday 09												Tuesday 10
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Egg Island Eleuthera	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Punta Conejo 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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3	0	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.3 SSE	1.7 WSW	0.3 SSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	9	6	6	6	11	11	7	6	6	7	23	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	22	22	22
Energy(?)	276	78	88	67	85	85	467	363	7	417	203	383	383	581	581	582	696	697	697	445	445	445
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													11:54PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)					3:44PM 0.84																	8:11AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	20	20	16	24	23	17	18	22	17	19	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	24	20	20	15	24	23	16	17	22	16	19	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	9	6	6	9	11	11	11	11	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	22	22	22	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	8	8	10	16	16	13	13	-	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	22	22	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.4 W	0.4 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.2 S	1.7 WSW	0.6 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	9	-	-	6	3	3	7	6	3	7	4	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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