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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Illinois Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Illinois Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Illinois Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Illinois Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Illinois Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Illinois Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Illinois Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Illinois Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Illinois Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Mon		Tuesday 17			Wed				Thursday 19			Fri		Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Boynton Beach Florida - South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Egg Island Eleuthera
Rating	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	1	3	3	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	3	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.7 S	1.2 SSW	2.0 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NNE	0.8 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.5 NNE
Period(s) (?)	22	21	20	19	18	18	16	16	9	10	15	7	6	14	4	9	16	16	8	15	8	9
Energy(?)	496	552	886	832	1234	1197	1035	1054	257	748	627	480	222	353	3	88	297	441	669	378	49	463
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:26PM 1.36	5:57AM 0.83	7:10AM 1.59	7:55PM 1.48		7:25AM 2.01		8:08PM 1.58	8:07AM 1.85		8:32PM 1.75	8:40AM 2.07		8:43PM 1.75	9:18AM 2.00		9:31PM 2.12	10:17AM 0.24		9:59PM 2.18	10:11AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	1:19PM 0.38		12:22PM 0.24	1:34PM 0.01		1:20AM 0.76			1:46AM 0.59		2:24PM -0.19	2:30AM -0.06		2:54PM 0.28	2:48AM 0.30		2:56PM 0.35	3:49AM 0.26		3:46PM -0.08	4:31AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	mod. rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	10	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-
High °C	22	24	21	21	27	21	22	25	1	3	25	22	21	26	13	16	26	26	22	27	7	23
Low °C	19	23	18	19	25	18	19	23	0	2	25	22	20	26	10	15	25	22	21	27	6	23
Chill °C (?)	22	24	21	21	27	21	22	25	-4	-3	25	22	21	26	12	15	26	26	22	27	5	23
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	-	6:45	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:45	-	6:59	6:45	-	7:30	6:46	-	7:22	6:17	-	7:17	6:47	-	7:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 ESE	1.7 S	1.2 SSW	1.1 N	0.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 NNE	0.8 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.5 NNE
Period (s)	13	21	20	19	18	18	16	16	9	10	15	7	6	14	4	9	13	16	8	15	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 S	0.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 SE	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.9 ESE	0.5 W	-	0.6 E
Period (s)	22	13	12	12	-	12	13	12	8	9	11	-	-	19	7	-	16	4	9	12	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.6 SW	-	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.0 NW	1.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	2.0 NE	1.4 NE	0.5 WNW	-	0.8 E	-	0.8 NW	1.2 NNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	12	-	13	9	5	6	9	7	6	3	-	5	-	4	7	4	3	9

	Saturday 14						Sunday 15								Monday 16
	8AM	11AM	5PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	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	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa
Rating	3	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	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	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	22	22	9	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	5	16	16	16
Energy(?)	647	496	255	559	887	1199	1032	1155	1214	832	907	938	1270	1265	1300	1273	1094	1036	2	1009	1160	1016
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	6:02AM 1.77				7:51PM 1.39				6:32AM 1.56					8:07PM 1.62			7:08AM 1.68					8:08PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)							12:48AM 1.02				1:34PM 0.01				1:20AM 0.76
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	24	22	23	22	20	20	22	21	22	22	21	20	20	18	21	22	12	21	22	21
Chill °C (?)	20	22	24	22	23	22	20	20	22	21	22	22	21	20	20	18	21	22	9	21	22	21
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:15	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	6:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	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	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	9	13	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	5	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 NW	-	0.5 NW	-	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	22	22	8	21	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	9	-	9	-	12	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	4	12	9	-

	Saturday 14																		Sunday 15
	6AM	7AM	11AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	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	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa
Rating	3	2	1	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 N	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	22	22	9	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	4	20	20	20
Energy(?)	651	499	273	499	657	657	534	650	673	442	467	559	689	788	887	906	1078	1039	1	893	1032	1119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:41AM 1.42													7:51PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)									1:02PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	24	20	26	26	24	27	27	22	22	22	24	23	23	22	23	21	20	19	20	21
Chill °C (?)	20	19	24	20	26	26	24	27	27	22	22	22	24	23	23	22	23	21	20	19	20	21
Sunrise	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 N	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	21	20	20	20	20	20	4	20	20	20
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	22	22	9	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	12	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	8	8	6	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-

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