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

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Crystal Beach Lake Erie	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	1	3	4	1	3	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	15	15	14	14	16	8	14	19	5	18	5	17	16	8	16	17	15	8	16	16
Energy	663	938	518	672	643	864	875	97	800	1205	68	974	30	755	701	663	880	938	898	80	1069	1025
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:44PM 1.84		8:23AM 1.73		8:11PM 2.45	9:12AM 1.79	8:37PM 1.29	9:18PM 2.23	10:01AM 1.82	12:51AM 3.47	9:44PM 2.33	11:07AM 0.37		10:32PM 2.17	n/a n/a		11:23PM 1.96	1:31PM 1.51	3:45AM 3.09	12:20AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	1:31PM 0.22		2:17AM -0.05		2:15PM 0.23	3:31AM -0.14		2:41AM -0.07	3:51AM -0.16					4:26PM 0.39		n/a n/a	5:13PM 1.06		6:42AM 0.32	9:30PM 0.12		7:29AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	23	24	23	24	24	22	24	24	17	24	28	23	24	16	27	25	27	18	25	25
Low °C	20	22	20	22	22	20	22	16	22	22	16	20	28	22	20	16	27	20	22	17	21	22
Chill °C (?)	22	22	23	24	23	24	24	22	24	24	16	24	28	23	24	16	27	25	27	18	25	25
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	8:57	7:32	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSE	1.0 SW	0.1 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	14	14	16	8	14	19	5	18	9	17	16	8	16	17	15	8	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.1 SE	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.3 ESE	1.0 S	-	0.7 SSW	0.8 S	-	0.7 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SE	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	13	24	12	26	26	18	21	8	20	14	7	13	-	12	12	-	11	5	18	13	6	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	-	0.7 WNW	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	2.3 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	0.3 W	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	13	5	4	4	5	4	-	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	5	5	2	6	6

	Saturday 13						Sunday 14								Monday 15
	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	5PM	8PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	7	7	21	15
Energy	998	663	686	938	892	872	518	477	599	672	14	643	908	978	864	637	855	875	43	42	931	1117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					7:26PM 2.40					8:23AM 1.73				8:11PM 2.45				9:12AM 1.79				8:57PM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)			1:31PM 0.22					2:17AM -0.05				2:15PM 0.23				3:03AM -0.13			2:17PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	22	22	24	23	23	23	21	24	29	22	24	22	21	22	21	24	22	23	20	22
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	22	24	23	23	23	21	24	29	22	24	22	21	22	21	24	22	23	20	22
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	7	7	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	24	12	12	12	12	12	26	7	26	18	18	18	5	20	21	4	4	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.7 W	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	-	-	1.0 W	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	12	13	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	-	-	5	5

	Saturday 13																		Sunday 14
	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	5PM	6PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur
Rating	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	7	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy	1021	1021	998	663	663	663	663	686	686	16	17	938	927	938	892	910	891	872	761	705	518	520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															7:26PM 2.40
Low Tide / height (m)									1:31PM 0.22													2:17AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	22	21	21	22	22	21	22	29	29	22	21	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	23	23
Chill °C (?)	21	21	22	21	21	22	22	21	22	29	29	22	21	25	24	24	23	23	22	22	23	23
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	7	7	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	6	24	24	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	2	2	13	13	4	4	4	4	5	5	-	5	5

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