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

	Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Fri		Sat				Sun
	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	3	3	3	1	2	2	0	2	2	0	3	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	1.8 ESE	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 SSW	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	8	14	13	5	13	13	7	12	16	10	18	17	11	12	13	12	11	15	6
Energy(?)	842	624	588	92	468	326	43	471	217	294	437	284	590	1023	441	750	797	903	692	371	481	67
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:58AM 1.43		11:02AM 0.91	11:33AM 1.28		10:41PM 1.91	12:20PM 1.14		11:06PM 1.80		12:48AM 0.98	1:22PM 0.97			1:05AM 1.55	n/a n/a	7:43PM 1.37			4:05PM 0.24
Low Tide / height (m)		3:51PM 0.88		5:23AM 0.47	4:22PM 0.49		6:07AM 0.60	3:53PM 1.02		7:16AM 0.71		7:06AM 0.17	9:33AM 0.74			n/a n/a		12:05AM 0.80	4:56AM -0.01	6:05PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	28	23	9	28	25	21	27	23	19	27	19	19	28	22	20	17	18	21	20	26	21
Low °C	20	27	20	8	27	19	17	26	18	17	26	17	19	26	19	20	15	16	20	18	24	21
Chill °C (?)	25	28	23	6	28	25	21	27	23	18	27	18	19	28	22	20	17	18	21	20	26	21
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	6:55	-	7:20	6:55	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:25	-	7:38	6:25	-	7:34	-	-	7:31	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	-	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	-	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.2 E	1.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	15	15	14	8	14	13	-	13	6	-	12	5	-	18	17	11	12	13	12	11	15	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.5 NW	0.7 WNW	0.2 E	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	-	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	11	11	5	7	10	19	-	18	13	-	16	16	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 WNW	-	0.6 SW	1.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 E	0.2 W	1.3 WNW	1.7 ESE	-	1.1 WNW	1.8 ESE	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE
Period (s)	-	5	-	5	5	6	5	4	6	7	-	6	10	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Sunday 05						Monday 06								Tuesday 07
	8AM	11AM	5PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	5PM	8PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	8AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay 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	Assateague Maryland	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	South Haven Lake Michigan	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSE	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.6 SSE	0.8 ESE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	2.0 N	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	7	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	8	14	13	13	9	13	13	6	6	13	13
Energy(?)	742	842	245	624	466	608	588	483	484	600	66	70	462	452	387	613	320	320	47	33	428	366
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	low	mid-flow	high-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:58AM 1.43				10:18PM 2.00								10:41PM 1.91		n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)			4:22PM 0.09	3:51PM 0.88					5:23AM 0.47		4:54PM 0.15					n/a n/a	6:07AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	25	14	28	22	21	20	20	22	27	13	15	22	20	19	-2	19	24	22	23	20	18
Chill °C (?)	20	25	13	28	22	21	20	20	22	27	12	14	22	20	19	-6	19	24	22	23	20	18
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	6:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:27	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 SSE	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	15	15	7	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	8	14	13	13	-	13	13	6	6	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.2 ENE	0.5 NW	0.8 W	0.4 NW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	7	11	5	11	5	5	5	20	4	6	19	10	10	-	6	18	-	-	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 SSE	-	1.0 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	2.0 N	1.0 NW	0.6 WNW	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	6	5	5	5	-	5	5	10	7	-	5	5	5	9	6	6	-	-	6	6

	Sunday 05															Mon	Sun		Monday 06
	6AM	7AM	11AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	7PM	8PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	0AM	10PM	11PM	2AM	3AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay 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	Assateague Maryland	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	South Haven Lake Michigan	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	0	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.5 NW	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	6	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	7	6	15	15	15	5	14	14	6	6	14	14
Energy(?)	896	742	243	849	460	842	832	929	938	833	234	141	624	642	642	12	608	403	9	10	588	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:19AM 0.97			10:58AM 1.43										n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)																n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	18	22	25	25	26	27	27	28	13	20	26	24	23	7	22	25	15	15	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	22	25	25	26	27	27	28	11	20	26	24	23	4	22	25	13	13	20	20
Sunrise	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.4 NE	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.5 NW	1.2 S	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	15	15	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	7	6	15	15	15	5	14	14	6	6	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 NW	0.3 ENE	0.7 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 NE	0.4 SE	0.5 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.4 NW	0.8 WNW	-	0.1 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	20	20	20	8	8	11	21	21	-	11	5	-	8	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 S	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.9 SW	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.5 NNE	0.6 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	5	-	-	11	11	11	2	5	5	5	5	-	5	5	3	3	-	-

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