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

	Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tue
	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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Madaket Massachusetts	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	St George Island Florida - Gulf	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.1 E	1.3 NE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.8 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.9 E	1.6 SW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NNE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 S
Period(s)	16	11	10	10	9	9	10	8	9	9	12	9	6	13	6	8	15	14	8	16	16	7
Energy	133	275	329	356	251	549	851	847	442	311	190	130	190	495	221	78	340	296	72	254	298	4
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:16PM 1.19		7:00AM 0.74	7:28PM 0.91		8:38AM 1.67	7:39PM 1.10		8:06AM 0.93		12:47AM 0.75	1:23PM 0.68		12:52AM 2.75	1:54PM 1.73		1:28AM 2.70		2:08PM 2.37	2:03AM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)	12:06PM 0.02		12:28AM 0.06	12:54PM 0.14		2:27AM 0.29	2:00PM 0.74		2:06AM 0.02		2:21PM -0.07		6:37AM 0.00	2:42PM 0.13		8:03AM -0.02	7:35PM 0.35		8:11AM 0.04		8:11PM 0.41	8:48AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	14	24	8	7	7	8	9	8	7	28	11	25	23	13	11	22	19	10	22	19	22
Low °C	15	13	23	7	6	6	8	8	7	7	27	5	24	23	12	7	20	17	6	22	15	21
Chill °C (?)	20	14	24	4	4	6	8	8	6	4	28	9	25	23	12	9	22	19	8	22	19	22
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:33	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:35	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.1 E	1.3 NE	1.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.8 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.9 E	-	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 S
Period (s)	16	11	10	10	9	9	10	8	9	9	9	9	-	16	8	8	12	12	8	16	16	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	1.6 SE	-	-	0.6 NE	0.2 N	-	0.2 SSE	0.6 NE	0.4 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	-
Period (s)	14	6	6	-	4	-	-	7	-	-	12	4	-	9	7	9	15	14	9	13	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	-	0.2 ESE	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.8 SSE	0.4 NW	1.6 SW	1.1 WNW	1.1 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	1.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	-
Period (s)	6	-	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	3	6	13	6	3	4	4	-	5	6	-

	Tuesday 28							Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	5PM	8PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Madaket Massachusetts	Madaket Massachusetts	Egg Island Eleuthera	The Wall New Hampshire	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 NNE	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period(s)	9	10	9	12	12	15	15	10	10	9	9	10	9	11	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9
Energy	235	340	225	208	245	219	203	206	202	245	232	328	308	421	539	1024	1297	1621	851	737	697	603
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	low	high	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		5:44AM 1.06					7:29PM 1.99			6:48AM 0.94		11:19AM 0.70		7:28PM 0.91	11:00PM 2.76	11:29PM 1.92				11:30AM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)				12:18PM 0.14				12:38AM 0.04					4:47PM 0.05					5:37AM -0.02				5:45PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	2
Temp. °C	11	11	13	24	24	23	19	17	18	23	25	8	9	24	7	8	7	8	8	8	9	9
Chill °C (?)	11	10	13	24	24	23	19	17	18	23	25	5	7	24	6	8	7	8	8	8	9	9
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:36	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 ESE	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 NNE	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	9	15	13	10	10	9	9	10	9	11	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 E	0.1 SE	-	-	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	13	15	6	6	6	6	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	0.3 SE	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	1.3 E	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	6	6	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	9	9	10	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 28	Wed
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	5AM	6AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Madaket Massachusetts	Madaket Massachusetts	Egg Island Eleuthera	The Wall New Hampshire	Nauset Beach Massachusetts	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 N	1.4 ESE	2.3 E	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period(s)	9	9	10	13	13	14	14	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9
Energy	220	225	295	254	243	185	185	183	191	326	312	213	254	218	231	1222	277	284	330	346	398	427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)					6:17AM 0.78																10:19PM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)											12:22PM -0.04				4:21PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	24	24	14	14	12	12	24	24	6	7	24	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	24	24	13	13	10	10	24	24	1	2	24	3	0	4	4	4	3	3	3
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 ESE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.8 N	1.4 ESE	2.3 E	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	10	13	13	14	14	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	8	14	14	6	6	12	12	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	1.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	-	-	-	-	4	4	12	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-

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