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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Friday 10			Sat				Sun		Mon				Tue		Wed				Thu		Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	AM	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	AM	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	21st Street (Miami) Florida - South	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Celestino Sinaloa	Assateague Maryland	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	The Wall New Hampshire	The Wall New Hampshire	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera
Rating	1	2	3	2	4	4	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 NE	1.7 E	1.1 NE	1.6 NE	2.3 SE	1.6 SE	0.5 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.9 SSW	2.5 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	2.2 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.9 NNE
Period(s) (?)	5	8	8	10	10	10	18	10	16	11	14	15	14	14	10	10	10	9	12	9	12	9
Energy(?)	51	593	347	514	1042	573	456	356	619	1833	321	475	291	277	899	501	517	404	82	143	177	220
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:00PM 1.51			11:28PM 1.16	9:59AM 1.71	12:20AM 0.66	1:16PM 0.98			1:53PM 1.37	n/a n/a	2:24AM 0.72		2:58PM 1.09	3:17AM 1.06		3:41PM 1.33	4:12AM 1.12		4:49PM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)	3:55AM 0.83	10:49AM -0.08	4:51PM 0.23	3:33AM 0.94			6:45AM 0.10	7:34PM 0.25		7:21AM 0.17	n/a n/a	8:36PM 0.17	10:33PM 0.54		9:21PM 0.35	9:50AM 0.25		10:13PM 0.23	10:18AM 0.21		11:02PM 0.21	12:48AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	6	8	5	1	49	32	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	26	25	25	22	20	24	20	28	20	22	23	20	21	9	11	14	12	20	9	23	25
Low °C	27	26	23	23	21	18	22	19	28	20	22	22	19	20	9	10	14	7	19	7	22	25
Chill °C (?)	28	26	25	25	22	20	24	20	28	20	22	23	20	21	6	10	14	12	20	6	23	25
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	6:58	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:58	5:44	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:55	6:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	1.2 NE	1.1 E	1.6 NE	2.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.1 WNW	1.1 ENE	0.9 SSW	2.5 ESE	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	2.2 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	5	9	8	10	10	10	8	10	16	11	6	15	14	14	10	10	10	9	12	9	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	1.1 NE	0.1 E	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.4 S	1.2 NE	0.8 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	8	-	8	16	16	14	14	13	11	9	14	9	10	17	-	-	-	-	16	-	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 E	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	-	0.3 NNW	1.5 NW	0.5 NW	1.3 SSW	-	-	0.7 W	-	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	0.7 WNW	0.8 NNW	1.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	8	5	4	-	3	8	4	7	-	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	4	5	4	4	-

	Thu	Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	8PM	1AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	8PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	8AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Egg Island Eleuthera	21st Street (Miami) Florida - South	Boynton Beach Florida - South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	South Haven Lake Michigan	Indicas Great Abaco	Celestino Sinaloa	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	3	0	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	1.0 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 ENE	0.8 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.5 SW	1.5 E	2.2 NNW	1.3 NNE	2.0 S	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	2.2 SE	2.2 ESE	2.2 SE	3.0 E	1.6 SE	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	5	12	12	11	7	9	9	15	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	15
Energy(?)	880	49	338	334	441	202	179	334	215	358	559	527	905	477	412	403	1006	1197	1249	2323	1054	511
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	high	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:03PM 0.36								11:10PM 1.16	n/a n/a			11:46AM 1.24				11:34PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)				3:26AM 0.81				5:24PM 0.16	5:39PM 0.25		n/a n/a	5:04AM 0.03				5:54PM 0.28				5:52AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	clear	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	3	17	1	-	4	-	1	2	4	4	2	4	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	26	23	27	26	28	27	24	24	25	25	13	26	28	26	26	25	21	21	20	22	18	25
Chill °C (?)	26	23	27	26	28	27	24	24	25	25	12	26	28	26	26	25	21	21	20	22	18	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	-	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 S	1.5 E	-	1.3 NNE	2.0 S	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	2.2 SE	2.2 ESE	2.2 SE	3.0 E	1.6 SE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	-	8	8	11	7	6	8	6	8	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	-	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.7 WNW	0.2 ENE	-	1.0 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.5 SE	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	-	1.0 SE	0.5 S
Period (s)	6	-	12	12	15	11	9	9	7	10	-	8	15	5	5	6	15	14	14	-	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 E	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	-	0.3 SSW	2.2 NNW	0.4 SSE	-	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	-	5	4	4	4	-	3	3	-	3	8	3	-	5	6	-	3	4	-	-	-	8

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	6PM	9PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	2AM	3AM	4AM	2AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	6AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	3PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Egg Island Eleuthera	21st Street (Miami) Florida - South	Boynton Beach Florida - South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	South Haven Lake Michigan	Indicas Great Abaco	Celestino Sinaloa	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Triple S Pier Carolina North	Kitty Hawk Pier Carolina North	Topsail Island Carolina North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	3	0	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 S	0.6 E	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 ENE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	2.0 S	1.4 ENE	1.4 S	1.7 E	0.9 SSW	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.9 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	10	4	9	8	8	8	9	8	10	7	5	8	12	7	7	7	9	9	9	7	9	7
Energy(?)	1119	12	424	397	373	183	30	55	775	201	106	372	334	350	349	349	874	800	731	387	432	260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)											n/a n/a				10:50AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)											n/a n/a										4:48PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	26	28	28	28	27	27	27	25	24	10	27	26	27	27	28	21	22	22	19	22	26
Chill °C (?)	28	26	28	28	28	27	27	27	25	24	7	27	26	27	27	28	21	22	22	18	22	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 S	0.1 S	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 ENE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	2.0 S	0.8 NNE	-	0.3 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S
Period (s)	10	6	9	8	8	8	5	5	10	7	-	10	8	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 WNW	0.2 ENE	-	0.3 NE	0.9 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	11	6	12	12	12	12	9	8	6	12	-	11	12	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	-	1.4 ENE	1.4 S	1.7 E	0.5 NW	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.9 ENE	1.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	4	3	3	3	8	3	3	-	7	5	8	4	7	7	7	9	9	9	7	9	-

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