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

	Sun	Mon				Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	Night	AM	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Union Bay Lake Superior	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Alabama Point Alabama	Grand Marias Lake Superior	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Sauble Beach Lake Huron	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine
Rating	2	2	0	2	3	2	1	3	1	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.3 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.6 NE	1.2 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.8 SW	1.0 E	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SE
Period(s)	6	7	4	7	12	13	13	21	16	7	14	13	13	18	8	8	16	8	16	15	15	7
Energy	200	232	12	245	626	315	255	526	254	116	624	296	273	454	156	156	370	130	328	361	409	207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	10	7	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	11	25	14	17	17	19	25	20	6	26	20	20	18	26	26	18	26	19	19	21	14
Low °C	7	10	24	12	15	16	18	23	17	4	24	18	19	16	26	26	16	26	18	15	18	13
Chill °C (?)	14	9	25	13	16	17	19	25	20	3	26	20	20	18	26	26	18	26	19	19	21	13
Sunrise	-	6:11	5:54	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	7:47	-	-	7:49	7:13	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.1 NW	1.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	-	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.8 SW	1.0 E	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SE
Period (s)	-	7	5	4	12	12	13	12	12	-	14	13	13	12	8	8	16	8	16	15	15	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 NW	0.1 NE	0.4 S	0.5 WNW	0.5 SW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	13	13	12	16	16	-	19	15	17	18	12	12	11	11	10	4	19	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.6 ESE	1.6 NE	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.5 W	1.1 NW	-	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.8 NW	0.5 W	-
Period (s)	6	6	4	7	-	-	3	-	4	7	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	5	-

	Sunday 17			Monday 18									Tuesday 19								Wed
	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	5PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Union Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	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	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	The Wall New Hampshire	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	0	1	1	2	1	3	3	0	0	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.7 ENE	0.5 SE	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 W	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW
Period(s)	3	8	8	6	8	13	13	4	5	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	5	13	12	21	21	11
Energy	3	73	80	200	59	760	712	30	38	528	342	700	626	241	276	315	57	255	206	381	526	414
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	mid-ebb	low	high	-	low	low	mid-flow	high	high-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			8:38PM 1.43	n/a n/a				10:26AM 0.41				9:48PM 2.34				10:51AM 1.78	2:07PM 2.71			10:40PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		5:56PM -0.05		n/a n/a	3:29AM -0.14	4:22AM -0.07				3:43PM 0.30								4:25PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	25	11	24	15	16	25	25	18	25	17	16	15	26	17	32	18	17	17	24	16
Chill °C (?)	23	23	25	9	24	14	16	25	25	17	25	17	16	15	26	17	32	18	16	17	24	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSE	0.2 ENE	-	0.5 SE	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	8	8	-	8	13	13	5	5	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	5	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 E	-	0.2 E	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SE	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	-	15	-	8	15	12	-	-	18	4	13	13	13	18	13	9	12	12	21	16	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 WNW	0.8 SSE	1.7 ENE	0.7 S	-	-	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	3	3	8	6	5	-	-	4	5	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	-	3

	Sunday 17	Monday 18
	2PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	5PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	7AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	The Wall New Hampshire	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Assateague Maryland	Union Bay Lake Superior	Union Bay Lake Superior	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	0	1	1	2	1	3	3	0	0	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period(s)	8	3	3	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	8	8	8	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	72	2	3	103	82	73	73	96	80	209	95	200	200	59	59	59	332	760	760	712	712	706
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												n/a n/a	n/a n/a
Low Tide / height (m)				5:56PM -0.05								n/a n/a	n/a n/a	3:29AM -0.14			3:44AM -0.06	4:22AM -0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	23	23	26	25	23	21	25	25	24	25	11	12	25	24	24	24	15	15	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	28	23	23	26	25	23	21	25	25	24	25	9	11	25	24	24	24	14	14	16	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SE	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 SSW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	8	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	8	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	-	8	-	-	8	8	8	12	15	15	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSW	-	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	-	3	3	8	8	6	-	6	6	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

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