Iowa Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

Iowa 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 Iowa region.

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	Thursday 31			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon		Tue				Wednesday 06			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	1	3	1	2	3	3	2	3	0	2	2	0	2	2	1	3	3	0	2	3	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.4 E	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	16	7	15	14	14	11	4	16	12	4	14	14	9	17	17	4	15	15	4	14
Energy(?)	215	286	313	212	545	468	1201	778	5	544	699	25	345	445	197	482	637	2	543	709	2	541
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:20PM 1.68		2:22AM 0.22	1:50PM 1.09	2:08PM 1.68		1:58PM 1.37	3:14PM 1.69		6:13AM 0.94			8:09AM 1.25	5:33PM 1.84		8:19AM 1.26	6:24PM 1.96		9:03AM 0.32	7:39PM 1.63		9:08AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		7:04PM 0.64		6:57AM 0.64		10:36PM 0.83			11:59PM 0.69	11:15AM 0.75	5:37PM -0.05	12:37AM 0.44	10:37AM 1.21		1:24AM 0.39	12:19PM 1.11		1:43AM 0.13			2:26AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	20	-	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	25	30	23	23	30	23	26	31	30	24	29	29	25	26	29	30	30	26	26	30	29	26
Low °C	24	29	22	20	30	22	25	30	28	24	28	28	23	26	29	27	28	25	23	30	27	23
Chill °C (?)	25	30	23	23	30	23	26	31	30	24	29	29	25	26	29	30	30	26	26	30	29	26
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	6:35	5:37	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	6:51	-	8:08	7:24	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	-	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	17	10	16	-	12	14	14	11	4	10	12	4	14	14	9	13	17	4	15	15	4	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	-	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.1 N	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 W	0.3 S	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	11	17	11	-	15	10	18	13	-	12	16	-	8	8	10	17	7	4	6	13	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	-	1.4 E	1.0 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 W	1.3 WNW	0.4 SW	-	1.1 WNW	0.5 S	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	1.3 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	7	5	5	6	5	4	-	5	4	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

	Thursday 31						Friday 01								Saturday 02
	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur
Rating	2	1	0	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	0	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	0	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 S	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	4	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	3	20	15	15	12	14	14	14	3	12	13	13
Energy(?)	265	215	5	237	401	360	509	412	401	224	3	436	649	398	672	378	998	1201	3	664	755	662
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	low-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)							1:01AM 0.96													3:59PM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)	6:14AM 0.84		3:26PM 0.05			8:39PM 0.91			6:23AM 0.96					10:36PM 0.83				8:31AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	25	30	26	25	23	27	21	23	25	30	25	26	24	22	27	23	26	30	24	25	26
Chill °C (?)	22	25	30	26	25	23	27	21	23	25	30	25	26	24	22	27	23	26	30	24	25	26
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 WNW	1.2 S	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	-	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	17	17	-	16	16	16	10	16	16	16	-	10	12	5	12	9	12	14	-	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	-	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	6	11	-	11	11	7	16	7	7	10	-	15	15	10	14	14	14	18	-	13	18	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSW	-	0.7 WNW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 W	1.1 WNW	1.3 NW	1.0 NW	-	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.5 W	1.3 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	3	3	5	6	5	-	5	6	3	5	6	-

	Thursday 31																		Friday 01
	6AM	7AM	10AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	6PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur
Rating	2	1	0	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	0	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	0	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	4	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	4	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	3	16	16	16
Energy(?)	307	207	5	209	310	307	304	346	340	204	3	237	352	406	401	340	360	315	3	314	427	315
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)									1:20PM 1.68		5:16PM 0.07									12:54AM 1.00	1:44AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)		6:21AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	29	25	26	27	30	28	28	26	30	26	28	27	25	28	23	23	29	23	21	24
Chill °C (?)	21	22	29	25	26	27	30	28	28	26	30	26	28	27	25	28	23	23	29	23	21	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	17	17	4	17	17	17	10	17	17	17	-	16	16	16	16	10	16	16	-	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.4 S	-	0.4 S	0.7 WNW	0.5 S
Period (s)	6	10	-	10	11	11	17	11	11	11	-	11	11	11	11	16	7	11	-	11	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	4	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

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