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

	Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Assateague Maryland	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Galveston Texas	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur
Rating	1	2	3	2	2	3	2	1	3	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.8 W	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s)	8	13	12	13	13	21	16	12	19	13	13	15	6	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15
Energy	48	470	626	417	271	526	275	189	705	296	273	495	49	272	516	304	354	361	377	413	640	556
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:18AM 1.12		9:48PM 2.34	10:56AM 1.29		9:41PM 1.75	11:55AM 1.16		10:20PM 1.58	1:14PM 1.06		11:10PM 1.38	11:48AM 0.46	3:01PM 1.05	2:06AM 1.56		4:29PM 1.13	3:54AM 1.45		5:23PM 1.24		5:18AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)		3:43PM 0.30			4:25PM 0.44		5:34AM 0.10	5:13PM 0.58		6:40AM 0.25	6:21PM 0.71				8:42PM 1.23	9:35AM 0.39		10:40PM 1.07	10:45AM 0.38		11:48PM 0.86	11:35AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	18	17	19	20	26	19	20	26	18	19	26	26	19	18	19	19	19	21	22	20	23
Low °C	23	18	16	16	19	23	17	19	25	17	19	24	24	19	15	16	19	16	18	21	16	20
Chill °C (?)	28	17	16	19	20	26	19	20	26	18	19	26	26	19	18	19	19	19	21	22	20	23
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	7:09	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	1.2 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	-	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	5	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	13	15	-	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.3 SW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	18	13	16	12	16	16	15	19	15	17	18	-	12	11	10	11	4	19	9	5	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 W	-	0.7 W	0.6 W	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.3 WNW	-	0.5 SW	0.8 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	13	-	12	8	-	4	4	-	4	3	-	6	-	3	-	10	5	5	4	5	5

	Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	5AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Madaket Massachusetts	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Cupsogue Long Island NY
Rating	1	3	3	0	0	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	0	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 S	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.7 SE	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	7	13	13	4	4	13	13	12	12	13	12	13	6	13	12	21	21	16	12	16	6	6
Energy	113	760	712	32	29	470	340	639	626	241	561	417	37	271	206	454	526	230	265	275	40	324
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	high-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				10:26AM 0.41				9:48PM 2.34				10:56AM 1.29				9:41PM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		4:22AM -0.07				3:43PM 0.30					5:14AM 0.04			4:25PM 0.44					6:12AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	20	15	16	25	25	18	25	17	16	16	16	19	26	19	17	25	24	16	17	19	25	20
Chill °C (?)	20	14	16	25	25	17	25	17	16	16	16	19	26	19	17	25	24	16	17	19	25	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 S	-	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 S	0.1 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	7	13	13	5	-	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	-	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW	-	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	15	12	-	-	18	4	13	13	13	13	16	-	12	12	16	16	12	12	16	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 SE	0.6 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.7 SE	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	13	-	-	-	-	-	12	6	8	4	-	-	-	-	4	6	6

	Monday 18
	3AM	1AM	2AM	5AM	6AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	2PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	2nd Beach Rhode Island	Madaket Massachusetts	Madaket Massachusetts	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa
Rating	1	3	3	0	0	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	0	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	7	7	7	8	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	4	4	4	4	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	311	213	113	129	332	760	760	712	712	706	222	32	33	34	29	299	478	470	471	468	340	338
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					3:44AM -0.06	4:22AM -0.07											3:43PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	20	22	24	15	15	16	16	17	17	25	25	25	25	18	18	18	18	17	25	25
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	22	24	14	14	16	16	17	16	25	25	25	25	17	17	17	18	16	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	5	5	5	-	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.2 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	12	15	15	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	13	18	18	18	18	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	4	4	6	13	13	13	13	-	-

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