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

	Thu		Friday 22			Sat		Sun				Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thu
	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	AM	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	Night	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Egg Island Eleuthera	Celestino Sinaloa	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Union Bay Lake Superior	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	2nd Beach Rhode Island	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Triple S Pier Carolina North
Rating	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	3	0	1	2	1	1	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 E	0.7 SW	1.6 E	0.7 SW	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.7 SW
Period(s)	8	15	6	8	16	6	16	9	15	9	16	17	8	15	5	6	14	8	8	14	13	6
Energy	219	495	95	107	435	64	326	457	377	273	626	736	147	543	45	55	397	62	47	353	587	238
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:12AM 0.98	11:10PM 1.38		1:29AM 1.02	2:06AM 1.56	n/a n/a	4:29PM 1.13			3:47AM 0.90		5:22AM 1.43	4:31AM 0.89		8:05AM 0.23			5:57PM 1.11			7:56AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)			7:03PM 0.06		8:42PM 1.23	n/a n/a		9:07AM 0.07	10:45AM 0.38	10:34PM 0.18	11:48PM 0.86	11:15AM 0.73	10:29PM 0.21	12:33AM 0.66		11:22PM 0.12	1:10AM 0.49		12:09AM 0.09	1:42AM 0.36	12:52PM 0.90	1:07AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	clear	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	6	-	1	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	8	2	-	-	9
High °C	26	26	24	24	19	15	20	18	24	12	20	20	14	18	26	17	17	26	21	17	20	24
Low °C	26	24	24	23	16	15	19	17	19	10	17	17	12	15	26	16	16	25	20	15	16	22
Chill °C (?)	26	26	24	24	19	14	20	18	24	10	20	20	14	18	26	17	16	26	21	16	20	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	-	-	8:04	-	-	9:35	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	0.8 SSW	0.6 SE	0.4 NE	0.9 SW	-	0.7 SW	1.6 E	0.7 SW	-	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SE	1.1 SSW	-	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SE
Period (s)	8	15	8	7	16	-	16	9	15	-	16	17	8	15	-	6	14	8	8	14	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.5 NW	-	0.4 S	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.3 NW	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 NW	0.2 E	0.4 S	0.4 NW	0.1 SE	-
Period (s)	-	18	6	10	11	-	10	18	19	-	5	14	7	10	-	7	13	7	6	13	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	-	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.9 E	0.5 W	0.7 SSE	0.8 WNW	1.3 SSE	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	-	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSE	-	0.9 WNW	0.6 SSW	-	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	2	-	6	8	4	6	4	6	4	9	5	5	-	5	5	-	5	3	-	6	13	6

	Thursday 21				Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sun
	5PM	8PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	8PM	11PM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Egg Island Eleuthera	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 E	0.9 S	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.6 ESE	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	2.0 E	1.8 E
Period(s)	9	6	15	15	15	15	18	8	6	8	15	16	16	16	16	6	6	7	16	16	9	9
Energy	56	54	331	406	495	506	313	132	95	141	311	294	435	402	478	59	64	243	312	394	637	555
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					11:10PM 1.38			1:48PM 0.73						2:06AM 1.56		n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a			2:23AM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)		5:35PM 0.11					7:41AM 0.31			7:43PM 0.15		9:57PM 1.15				n/a n/a	n/a n/a	n/a n/a		10:40PM 1.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	15	15	26	25	25	24	18	25	24	26	26	26	17	16	17	15	15	12	18	18	19	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	26	25	25	24	18	25	24	26	26	26	17	16	17	14	14	10	18	18	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:31	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	1.0 E	0.6 SE	0.1 N	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	2.0 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	6	6	15	15	15	15	18	8	8	12	15	16	16	16	16	-	-	-	16	16	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.4 S	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	18	18	18	18	12	13	6	12	6	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	9	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SE	0.9 S	1.0 E	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.6 ESE	0.7 W	0.8 WNW	-	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	8	-	-	4	3	3	6	6	7	4	5	-	6

	Thursday 21												Friday 22
	3PM	4PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	6AM	7AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Illinois	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Alabama Point Alabama	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s)	6	6	9	6	5	6	13	18	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	18	18	18	18
Energy	62	56	56	61	10	54	368	380	331	373	407	406	406	495	495	495	495	506	419	315	313	313
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													11:10PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)				5:35PM 0.11				6:21PM 0.71													7:41AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	14	25	15	18	18	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	13	14	15	14	25	15	18	18	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	6	13	18	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	18	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	6	9	15	13	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SSE	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	4	4	5	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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