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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	Thu		Fri		Sat				Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wed		Thursday 09
	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Higgins Beach Maine	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	The Wall New Hampshire	Celestino Sinaloa
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	4	4	1	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	1.5 E	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.2 NE	1.4 WNW	0.6 SW	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	2.2 S	2.4 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	12	11	12	6	18	14	15	16	10	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	8	5	12
Energy(?)	249	195	615	2208	1687	1503	340	382	151	281	1086	46	1753	2457	3324	3720	1596	2661	3669	204	71	1304
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:38PM 0.69		7:15AM 1.62	6:20PM 1.59		7:18AM 1.60	7:02PM 1.70		7:48AM 1.78	10:20PM 3.05		7:30PM 1.62		8:18AM 1.03	8:20AM 1.89	8:39PM 0.85	9:09AM 1.07			10:02AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)	2:32AM 0.09	12:42AM 0.36	12:36PM 0.88		12:54AM 0.27	1:05PM 0.57		1:59AM 0.00	1:49PM -0.07	4:30AM -0.12	1:49AM 0.31		1:53AM 0.04			2:38AM 0.01		3:35PM 0.03	3:54PM -0.27		4:33PM 0.04	4:45PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	30	28	23	27	27	27	26	23	20	30	28	27	30	28	29	30	23	27	28	27	13	30
Low °C	29	23	23	26	27	27	26	19	20	29	26	27	28	26	27	30	20	22	28	27	11	29
Chill °C (?)	30	28	23	27	27	27	26	23	20	30	28	27	30	28	29	30	23	27	28	27	12	30
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:31	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	5:53	-	6:54	-	-	6:51	6:20	-	6:37	5:51	-	6:14	5:50	-	-	5:49	-	-	6:15	-	6:10	5:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	-	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.2 NE	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 SW	1.4 SSW	0.3 ESE	2.2 S	2.4 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.1 SW
Period (s)	12	10	-	12	11	12	11	10	8	12	16	10	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	8	5	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 ESE	1.0 N	0.5 NW	0.6 SW	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SE	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	13	-	12	11	11	12	18	14	15	8	10	9	16	-	-	6	6	13	11	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.3 NNW	1.5 E	-	-	-	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	2	3	12	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	-	3

	Thursday 02				Friday 03							Saturday 04								Sunday 05
	5PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	8PM	8PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	8AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	8PM	2AM	5AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Madaket Massachusetts	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Celestino Sinaloa	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Celestino Sinaloa	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSW	1.4 ESE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	0.9 SSW	2.3 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 NE	1.7 WNW	2.1 NE	2.2 NE	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	11	7	12	13	18
Energy(?)	161	162	172	275	230	265	224	234	279	71	227	736	1848	1749	573	1629	1503	1385	596	1448	1677	411
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			5:43PM 1.78				7:05AM 1.48				6:20PM 1.59			5:52AM 0.76	7:18AM 1.60			6:15PM 0.88	7:50PM 1.91
Low Tide / height (m)					12:28AM 0.33				12:47PM 0.27			11:25PM -0.18				11:55AM 0.15				12:30AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	4	-	5	8	-
Temp. °C	13	29	26	27	26	25	26	26	31	20	28	21	27	27	26	27	27	27	24	27	27	19
Chill °C (?)	11	29	26	27	26	25	26	26	31	20	28	21	27	27	26	27	27	27	24	27	27	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:21	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSW	1.1 ESE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	0.9 SSW	2.3 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 NE	1.1 WNW	2.1 NE	2.2 NE	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	12	7	12	12	13	12	12	11	6	12	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.4 NW	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 ESE	1.0 N	0.9 N	0.4 SSW	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.7 SSW	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.6 SW
Period (s)	16	11	12	7	9	9	9	13	13	4	9	12	12	11	19	11	11	12	10	11	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.2 WNW	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.7 WNW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	9	5	5	3	3	-	-	6	5	4	6	12	-	-	-	-	-	2	7	3	3	7

	Thursday 02									Fri	Thu	Friday 03
	3PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	0AM	10PM	2AM	3AM	4AM	2AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	6AM	10AM	11AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Madaket Massachusetts	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Celestino Sinaloa	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Celestino Sinaloa	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	1.6 E	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	0.7 SSW	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	0.7 S	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	0.7 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	13	10	13	13	11
Energy(?)	271	128	128	267	248	249	250	171	174	93	275	525	2770	3598	230	3695	3618	3721	195	3157	3159	110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							5:34PM 1.45	6:53PM 1.59								5:02AM 0.68
Low Tide / height (m)																					10:59AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	1	1	-
High °C	13	28	29	30	30	29	29	28	26	11	28	17	26	26	26	26	26	26	23	27	27	24
Chill °C (?)	11	28	29	30	30	29	29	28	26	9	28	16	26	26	26	26	26	26	23	27	27	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 ESE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	0.7 SSW	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	0.7 S	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	0.7 NW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	10	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SE	0.1 SW	-	0.3 NNW	1.5 NE	0.7 SSW	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	0.5 SW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	12	11	11	15	15	15	15	15	12	10	7	-	12	14	9	14	14	15	13	12	12	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	1.6 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.3 NW	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	1.1 NW
Period (s)	9	4	4	7	2	2	2	5	4	3	3	8	10	10	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	6

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