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

	Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon				Tue		Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Madaket Massachusetts	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Madaket Massachusetts	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Celestino Sinaloa	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera
Rating	2	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	0	2	0	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SW	1.0 NNE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	16	9	9	14	8	6	16	6	6	15	8
Energy	402	321	1152	756	703	441	343	267	243	308	284	122	114	89	283	57	7	285	9	89	261	136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:01PM 1.08	7:49PM 2.08		8:18AM 1.51	8:07PM 0.93	12:43PM 0.69		8:46PM 0.93	8:38AM 0.89		9:16PM 0.98			1:10AM 2.91	1:49PM 2.57		1:46AM 2.85		2:28PM 2.49	2:25AM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)	1:57AM 0.40			2:27AM 0.29	1:46PM 0.69	2:33AM 0.16	5:57AM 0.00	2:05PM 0.13	3:16AM 0.16		2:43PM 0.07	3:24AM 0.10	7:16AM 0.01	3:19PM 0.11		7:35AM 0.06	7:37PM 0.44		8:13AM 0.13		8:14PM 0.50	8:52AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	8	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	17	10	8	8	8	12	10	10	11	13	22	8	14	27	14	19	22	21	12	22	25
Low °C	6	16	9	8	8	8	8	10	4	7	12	21	6	13	26	7	18	21	19	12	21	24
Chill °C (?)	3	16	7	5	6	7	11	10	7	9	12	22	8	13	27	13	19	22	21	8	22	25
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:33	6:03	-	-	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	7:47	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:44	7:09	-	7:52	6:37	-	-	7:10	-	7:46	7:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ESE	-	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 E	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.7 SW	1.0 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	10	9	9	9	9	9	10	16	9	9	14	8	6	16	6	8	15	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	6	-	-	9	4	8	18	9	-	13	-	-	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.1 SE	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.3 WNW	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NE	1.0 WNW	-	1.0 SSE	1.6 WNW	1.1 E
Period (s)	4	6	10	10	-	-	3	-	3	3	4	5	-	-	4	3	3	5	-	6	5	5

	Tue	Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 01
	8PM	2AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Egg Island Eleuthera	Madaket Massachusetts	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Madaket Massachusetts	Assateague Maryland	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.0 E	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.0 N	1.5 ESE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 NE	1.7 ESE	1.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period(s)	15	10	16	13	13	9	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	242	208	91	150	102	266	399	421	424	280	253	252	1034	277	703	559	526	441	381	324	311	273
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass
Tide State	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:29PM 1.99				7:47AM 1.51			7:28PM 0.91				7:28AM 0.93						11:26PM 2.99				11:58AM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)		12:38AM 0.04	1:57AM 0.40			12:54PM 0.14	4:47PM 0.05			1:39AM 0.02				1:27PM 0.02		5:15PM 0.20				5:45AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	16	17	25	24	9	24	24	17	15	22	10	18	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10
Chill °C (?)	19	17	16	17	25	24	7	24	24	16	14	22	10	18	8	7	6	6	7	6	6	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.0 E	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	1.0 N	1.5 ESE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 ENE	1.0 E	1.1 NE	1.7 ESE	1.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	15	10	6	13	5	9	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.2 ESE	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 NNE	-	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.4 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 SE	-	-
Period (s)	13	6	13	16	13	12	-	11	11	4	5	4	-	4	-	-	12	12	-	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	-	1.0 NW	0.7 NW	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.3 W	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	6	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	5	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 28	Wednesday 29
	6PM	10PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Egg Island Eleuthera	Madaket Massachusetts	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Madaket Massachusetts	Assateague Maryland	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.1 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.0 N	1.7 E	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 NE	1.5 E	1.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period(s)	15	11	15	15	16	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	244	269	242	242	136	266	613	310	310	332	230	242	477	231	746	665	665	665	665	665	590	590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:29PM 1.99								6:32AM 1.06				10:33AM 2.80
Low Tide / height (m)																					4:35PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	15	19	19	25	24	7	23	23	14	12	24	7	12	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Chill °C (?)	21	15	19	19	25	24	3	23	23	13	11	24	3	10	2	1	2	2	1	2	2	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.1 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	1.0 N	1.7 E	1.1 N	1.1 N	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 NE	1.5 E	1.1 E	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	15	11	15	15	5	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.1 SE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E	-	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	6	13	13	16	12	-	12	12	6	-	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	0.3 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	5	5	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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