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

	Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Fri
	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	Isle of Palms Pier Carolina South	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) 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	Assateague Maryland	The Wall New Hampshire	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	The Wall New Hampshire	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Assateague Maryland	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	1	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SE	2.3 SE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	2.4 N	0.5 ESE	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	14	13	22	21	20	19	18	18	16	16	10	10	15	15	10	14	14	9	7	9	15
Energy(?)	71	497	356	496	516	819	878	1185	1253	821	990	784	988	596	582	285	339	385	391	720	84	304
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	off	cross	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:58PM 1.40			7:26PM 1.36		6:32AM 1.56			7:25AM 2.01		8:07PM 1.64	7:19AM 0.88		8:24PM 1.67	8:19AM 1.78		8:43PM 1.75	8:55AM 1.75		1:20AM 0.15	9:41AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)	12:55PM 0.49		12:09AM 1.19	6:10AM -0.03		1:09AM 0.38	1:23PM 0.25		1:20AM 0.76		2:06PM 0.24	2:01AM 0.06	1:33PM 0.16	2:24PM -0.19	2:16AM 0.43		2:54PM 0.28	2:48AM 0.30		3:18PM -0.18	3:55AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-
High °C	12	25	21	22	24	21	21	24	21	22	26	13	5	27	24	-3	26	25	21	21	10	23
Low °C	9	24	20	19	24	18	19	23	18	19	25	2	3	26	21	-6	25	21	20	20	7	21
Chill °C (?)	10	25	21	22	24	21	21	24	21	22	26	9	1	27	24	-10	26	25	21	21	9	23
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:33
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SE	2.3 SE	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.5 ESE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	6	14	13	13	21	20	19	18	18	16	16	10	10	15	15	10	14	14	9	9	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	0.2 W	0.5 NW	-	-	0.3 NW	0.5 WNW	0.3 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 NNE	0.1 NE	0.5 SE	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	24	16	22	13	12	12	12	9	13	10	-	-	9	4	12	19	18	7	14	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 W	0.3 WNW	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	2.4 N	-	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	7	9	-	-	-	10	9	10	-	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	7	-	4

	Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	5PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	0	2	1	3	2	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 N	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSE	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	4	14	14	14	14	23	22	22	22	9	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	5	18
Energy(?)	463	473	367	8	277	251	546	313	503	655	647	496	255	527	887	1199	1032	1151	1229	878	19	955
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	on	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:59AM 1.63									6:02AM 1.77				7:51PM 1.39				6:32AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)					12:49PM 0.32				12:46AM 1.07								12:48AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	24	23	13	22	22	22	22	20	20	20	22	24	22	23	22	20	20	21	21	22	22
Chill °C (?)	25	24	23	12	22	22	22	22	20	20	20	22	24	22	23	22	20	20	21	21	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	6:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 N	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	4	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	9	13	20	20	20	20	19	19	-	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.2 SSE	0.3 W	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	5	6	24	24	12	16	22	22	22	8	21	13	13	13	12	12	12	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	9	5	12

	Friday 13
	0AM	1AM	2AM	5AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	3PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	0	2	1	3	2	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	6	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	4	13
Energy(?)	414	463	463	5	325	325	336	458	336	361	357	228	66	284	412	439	425	497	492	309	4	307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)														12:49PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	25	11	21	20	20	24	21	24	25	23	24	23	25	25	25	24	23	21	16	21
Chill °C (?)	26	26	25	9	21	20	20	24	21	24	25	23	24	23	25	25	25	24	23	21	16	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	6	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	4	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 WNW	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 NW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	-	6	6	6	12	6	12	12	6	-	6	18	18	12	24	24	16	6	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	6	6	-	9	9	-	-	-

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