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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	Wed	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 S	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 S	1.1 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	15	12	15	16	15	12	14	14	13	10	12	16	16	15	15	15	13	13	15
Energy(?)	90	82	49	74	45	449	452	256	110	568	85	303	25	60	107	80	95	183	85	86	85	160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:44AM 0.82	12:55PM 0.90	1:02PM 1.39	1:51AM 0.85		2:07PM 0.82		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		4:27AM 1.82	5:41PM 1.32		7:17AM 1.86	7:55PM 1.59		5:58AM 1.62			6:40AM 2.02		7:39PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)		6:41AM 0.23		7:41PM 0.13	9:57AM 1.00		10:54PM 0.45	n/a n/a	n/a n/a	9:42PM 0.91	11:37AM 0.62		10:24PM 0.97	1:48PM 0.20		11:01PM 1.00	1:14PM 0.27		12:27AM 1.00	1:52PM 0.21		12:07AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	25	25	24	25	22	20	24	25	21	25	22	23	25	27	24	24	25	23	24	23	19
Low °C	21	23	22	21	22	22	18	21	23	21	22	22	21	23	25	23	24	24	20	23	20	16
Chill °C (?)	22	25	25	24	25	22	20	24	25	21	25	22	23	25	27	24	24	25	23	24	23	19
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	6:16	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:44	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:42	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 NW	0.3 SSW	0.9 NW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	0.5 S	1.1 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	15	15	16	15	12	14	14	13	12	5	16	5	15	15	5	13	13	4
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	15	15	12	11	4	11	16	10	9	14	4	12	12	12	5	10	15	5	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	-	0.5 NW	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	3	4	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	4	-

	Wed	Thursday 11									Friday 12								Saturday 13
	10PM	1AM	1AM	7AM	7AM	1PM	2PM	7PM	10PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	11AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	10PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Boynton Beach Florida - South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Boynton Beach Florida - South	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	3	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NE	1.1 NNE	0.5 S	1.3 NNE	0.5 S	1.2 NNE	0.4 SSW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	10	13	10	12	7	6	15	12	12	15	15	17	16	13	16	16	16	16	15
Energy(?)	508	450	90	364	87	381	112	290	220	92	51	51	327	146	216	487	61	462	789	799	744	452
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	-	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		12:44AM 0.82						n/a n/a	n/a n/a			3:17AM 1.61				3:00PM 1.28				4:38AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)								n/a n/a	n/a n/a	8:01PM 0.72				10:42AM 0.60				8:55PM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	22	15	21	21	24	-9	-12	21	20	19	19	21	22	24	22	20	21	21	20	23
Chill °C (?)	24	24	22	14	21	21	24	-14	-16	21	20	19	19	21	22	24	22	20	21	21	20	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:56	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:44	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NE	1.1 NNE	0.5 S	1.3 NNE	0.5 S	1.2 NNE	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	13	10	13	10	12	-	-	12	14	14	15	15	17	16	11	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.8 NE	0.5 NW	0.2 E	0.5 NW	0.2 E	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	6	11	11	8	10	8	8	-	-	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	4	11	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 N	-	1.2 N	0.3 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.2 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	6	10	7	6	4	4	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Wednesday 10	Thursday 11
	8PM	9PM	7PM	11PM	9PM	1AM	0AM	3AM	4AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	8AM	10AM	10AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Indicas Great Abaco	Indicas Great Abaco	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Boynton Beach Florida - South	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Boynton Beach Florida - South	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	3	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.5 S	1.3 NNE	0.5 S	1.2 NE	0.4 SSW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	13	10	13	10	13	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	580	475	163	350	90	316	103	350	350	89	126	121	124	94	93	87	61	96	201	183	181	48
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)						12:48AM 0.86		n/a n/a	n/a n/a		2:27AM 1.51										1:32PM 1.35	1:02PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)								n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	24	20	23	18	22	-7	-7	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	24	24	22	22	22	25
Chill °C (?)	24	24	24	20	23	17	22	-14	-14	22	21	21	21	22	22	22	24	24	22	22	22	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.6 WNW	1.3 NNE	0.5 S	1.2 NE	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	13	10	13	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.5 NW	0.4 ESE	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S
Period (s)	6	6	13	6	11	6	11	-	-	10	10	9	9	11	11	10	5	13	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-

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