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			Fri				Sat		Sun				Monday 04
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Higgins Beach Maine	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Madaket Massachusetts	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Panama City Beach Florida - Gulf	Celestino Sinaloa	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 NE	1.4 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	1.3 WNW	1.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	9	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	10	13	6	6	16	8	9	15	14	8	16	16
Energy	190	178	373	356	687	572	592	435	400	275	56	81	264	275	127	59	106	333	202	71	254	303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:24AM 1.70		6:32AM 1.06	6:57PM 1.65		7:15AM 0.84	8:15AM 1.51		11:58AM 2.75		8:39PM 1.00	8:43AM 0.91		1:25AM 0.74	9:39AM 0.61		1:10AM 2.91	1:49PM 2.57	2:08PM 2.37	2:03AM 2.65
Low Tide / height (m)	12:18PM 0.14	1:14PM 0.60	12:34AM 0.04	12:47PM 0.02		1:39AM 0.02	1:10PM -0.01			5:45AM -0.05	2:05PM 0.05	2:47AM 0.08		6:44PM 0.09			3:20PM 0.14		7:35AM 0.06		8:11PM 0.41	8:48AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	6	24	8	7	7	7	9	8	9	26	22	18	25	27	10	14	22	19	14	23	20
Low °C	12	6	23	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	26	22	17	24	27	7	12	22	16	13	22	17
Chill °C (?)	10	3	24	4	4	6	6	8	7	7	26	22	18	25	27	8	13	22	19	12	23	20
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	5:58	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:38	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:57	7:09	-	-	6:36	-	7:52	7:10	-	7:45	7:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 NE	1.4 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 S	1.0 W	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.6 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	9	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	10	11	6	-	16	8	9	12	14	8	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	-	0.2 E	0.4 NW	0.3 S	-	0.3 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSW	0.5 NW	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	6	-	12	-	-	-	-	12	12	-	13	14	11	-	10	9	8	15	12	8	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	1.1 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.5 E	1.6 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.9 SW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 S	1.3 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	6	6	6	3	-	-	4	4	4	5	6

	Mon		Tuesday 28							Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	11PM	11PM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	5PM	8PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Madaket Massachusetts	Madaket Massachusetts	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.5 WNW	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.1 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period(s)	13	14	9	10	9	11	11	15	15	9	10	9	9	10	9	11	11	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	281	238	235	394	225	586	275	177	203	435	279	269	234	341	266	421	425	561	575	592	592	516
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
Tide State	low-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				5:44AM 1.06					7:29PM 1.99			6:48AM 0.94		11:19AM 0.70		7:28PM 0.91						11:30AM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)						12:07PM 0.05									4:47PM 0.05					5:37AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	6
Temp. °C	24	16	11	11	12	13	14	22	20	6	12	23	25	8	9	24	24	6	7	7	7	8
Chill °C (?)	24	15	11	10	12	13	14	22	20	3	11	23	25	6	7	24	24	4	7	6	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.5 WNW	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.1 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 WNW	1.7 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.1 NNE	1.2 NNE	-	-	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	13	14	9	10	9	11	11	15	13	9	10	9	9	10	9	11	11	-	-	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.3 W	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 E	-	-	0.7 N	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	16	-	-	-	-	6	13	15	-	-	-	6	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 N	0.5 N	-	-	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	9	9	-	-	-

	Monday 27	Tuesday 28
	9PM	7PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	1AM	2AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Madaket Massachusetts	Madaket Massachusetts	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.4 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	0.4 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 SE	1.3 E	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.5 E	1.8 E	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period(s)	13	16	8	8	9	9	8	14	14	7	10	8	8	9	9	12	12	7	7	8	8	8
Energy	281	185	173	177	194	324	195	135	221	51	314	379	379	543	852	222	202	127	127	228	233	272
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)															10:30AM 0.70
Low Tide / height (m)				11:46PM 0.08					1:26AM 0.56								12:18PM 0.14				4:21PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	19	12	12	12	11	12	19	15	5	11	23	24	6	6	24	24	6	6	6	6	5
Chill °C (?)	24	19	11	11	12	9	10	18	14	3	11	23	24	1	1	24	24	3	3	3	3	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.4 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	1.5 ENE	-	0.4 W	0.5 WNW	0.6 SE	1.3 E	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.1 ESE	1.8 E	0.7 NNE	0.7 N	-	-	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	13	16	8	8	9	9	-	14	14	7	10	8	8	9	9	12	9	-	-	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 SSE	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.6 N	0.6 NNE	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E
Period (s)	6	14	-	-	6	-	-	16	16	10	-	13	12	-	-	9	12	-	-	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	1.3 WNW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	1.5 E	1.5 E	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	8	5	6	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	7	7	-	-	-

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