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 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Higgins Beach Maine	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Punta Hughes 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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	3	2	1	3	1	1	2	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	1.7 ENE	0.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.5 ESE	1.8 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	12	7	18	18	15	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	18	16	12	17
Energy(?)	3030	575	175	395	171	140	226	175	164	281	585	872	953	730	409	503	535	244	595	353	1991	2138
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:28AM 1.90		5:41PM 2.45	3:47AM 1.99	n/a n/a	6:41PM 1.31	7:08PM 2.27	4:56AM 2.11	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		7:50PM 1.50	6:43AM 2.32		8:21PM 1.58	9:02AM 2.12		9:30PM 1.59	8:52AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)	6:41PM 1.01		10:41AM 0.52		8:26PM 1.13	n/a n/a		1:19AM 0.24	12:35PM 0.12	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	2:01PM 0.00	12:25AM 0.96		1:55PM -0.05	1:13AM 0.86		2:30PM -0.04	2:38AM 0.77		3:02PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light snow	snow shwrs	some clouds	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	-7	-8	21	-6	19	20	20	20	23	23	22	25	23	23	24	25	22	22	23	22	-1	22
Low °C	-9	-13	19	-7	18	19	20	19	21	22	20	22	22	22	23	23	20	21	21	20	-4	20
Chill °C (?)	-14	-16	21	-14	19	20	20	20	23	23	22	25	23	23	24	25	22	22	23	22	-6	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:24	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	4:43	-	-	5:25	-	-	6:10	-	-	5:15	-	-	6:12	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ESE	1.7 ENE	0.5 WNW	0.5 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.9 W	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	2.5 ESE	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	10	9	12	6	12	11	11	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	16	12	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.0 NNE	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	6	13	-	18	18	15	5	5	15	15	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	18	12	15	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 E	0.6 NW	-	2.1 WNW	-	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.3 N	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	10	3	-	7	-	4	7	-	-	5	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	11

	Monday 26			Tuesday 27								Wednesday 28									Thu
	1PM	4PM	7PM	1AM	1AM	7AM	7AM	1PM	1PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	5PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	The Wall New Hampshire	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.7 ESE	0.8 WNW	2.5 WSW	0.6 WNW	1.0 E	0.5 WNW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	9	12	8	12	9	12	8	8	8	16	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16
Energy(?)	279	273	251	551	239	956	205	229	170	703	866	711	281	223	242	198	154	117	166	217	207	167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	low	low	-	-	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		3:05PM 1.10				n/a n/a				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		3:47AM 1.99					6:41PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)			6:41PM 1.01	10:36PM 0.19		n/a n/a		12:00PM 0.06	10:41AM 0.52	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a					11:46AM 0.30				11:11PM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light snow	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	snow shwrs	light snow	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	19	-9	18	-15	18	-8	21	-13	-9	-10	19	18	18	20	22	21	20	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	19	-17	18	-19	18	-15	21	-18	-15	-14	19	18	18	20	22	21	20	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.7 ESE	0.8 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	1.0 E	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	9	12	-	12	9	12	-	-	-	12	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	13	13	13	10	13	-	13	9	12	-	-	-	16	18	18	18	12	16	10	11	16	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.6 N	-	2.5 WSW	-	0.6 W	-	2.3 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	-	8	-	3	-	8	8	8	-	4	4	-	-	-	5	-	4	-

	Monday 26										Tuesday 27
	11AM	12PM	1PM	5PM	3PM	7PM	5PM	9PM	7PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	0AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	The Wall New Hampshire	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	3.0 E	0.8 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	2.5 E	0.8 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	10	13	-	13	10	13	5	6	7	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	347	347	279	3026	275	0	270	1224	251	56	310	375	292	285	239	239	222	128	219	118	185	204
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				4:33PM 2.53		n/a n/a				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a					2:28AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)						n/a n/a			6:41PM 1.01	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light snow	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	21	-8	20	-10	20	-9	19	-16	-8	-9	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	19	20	21	-15	20	-17	20	-16	19	-24	-17	-18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.5 ESE	0.8 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	2.5 E	0.8 WNW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	13	10	13	-	13	10	13	-	6	6	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	10	13	-	13	10	13	-	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	4	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	3.0 E	-	1.3 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	10	-	6	-	3	3	5	6	7	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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