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

	Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Mon		Tue				Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Wolfe Island Lake Ontario	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Madaket Massachusetts	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	2	2	1	3	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.9 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	1.0 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.7 SW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	5	12	12	6	12	12	4	5	16	16	8	15	14	7	14	20	7	18	17	6
Energy(?)	142	157	34	109	77	56	108	87	32	100	207	205	458	174	148	93	156	270	288	517	576	98
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:17PM 0.26	5:54PM 1.08	7:53PM 1.77		7:17AM 1.81			10:26AM 0.16	4:26PM 0.09	3:09AM 0.19	8:27AM 1.66		8:27PM 1.74	8:57AM 1.61		1:06AM 0.10	9:44AM 0.25		9:32PM 1.68	10:26AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	1:01PM 0.31					1:36AM 0.69	1:41PM 0.34	12:48AM -0.30	1:56AM 0.48	5:52AM 0.10	3:31PM 5:41PM 0.09 0.08	8:43PM 0.11		2:44PM 0.48	2:47AM 0.28			7:13PM 2:02AM 0.03 0.10		3:25PM 0.14	3:50AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	22	22	17	22	26	19	21	21	7	5	22	20	13	25	22	22	22	19	8	22	21	22
Low °C	20	21	15	20	25	19	19	21	4	4	22	18	13	24	19	22	22	17	7	22	16	22
Chill °C (?)	22	22	16	22	26	19	21	21	4	3	22	20	10	25	22	22	22	19	6	22	21	22
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	6:35
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:52	-	7:30	6:52	-	7:15	6:53	-	-	6:53	-	7:07	6:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.5 S	0.4 S	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	13	12	-	12	12	-	12	12	-	-	16	16	-	15	14	-	14	13	7	18	17	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSE	-	0.3 S	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 SSE	0.7 WNW	-
Period (s)	5	11	-	11	4	-	15	10	-	-	9	9	-	13	12	-	13	20	10	11	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.9 E	0.3 SSE	-	0.8 SE	-	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	-	0.3 NW	1.9 S	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.0 SSE	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW	1.7 SW	1.5 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 SE
Period (s)	-	3	5	2	-	6	-	3	4	5	-	9	8	4	4	7	5	5	7	6	6	6

	Saturday 28						Sunday 29								Monday 30
	8AM	1PM	4PM	8PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	8AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Pensacola beach Florida - Gulf	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 NE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.5 E	0.4 SSW	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	5	6	6	13	13	12	8	12	7	7	7	12	12	12	12	7	7	6	12	12	12
Energy(?)	173	1	1	109	240	245	162	305	81	135	119	206	75	119	75	73	113	97	76	86	86	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	5:58AM 1.82				7:34PM 1.64			5:35AM 1.48	6:44AM 1.56				7:44PM 1.57				10:00AM 0.12					8:13PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)							12:50AM 0.88								1:30AM 0.62				1:33PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	20	23	7	22	23	20	9	23	17	17	19	24	19	23	22	20	20	21	21	19	18
Chill °C (?)	23	20	23	5	22	23	20	7	23	16	16	19	24	19	23	22	20	20	21	21	19	18
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.8 NE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.9 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	14	5	-	6	13	13	12	-	12	-	-	7	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	-	6	6	10	10	11	-	4	-	-	-	4	10	10	10	-	-	-	10	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	1.5 E	-	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	4	6	-	-	-	8	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	7	7	6	-	-	-

	Saturday 28	Sunday 29
	6AM	9AM	10AM	12PM	10AM	11AM	12PM	4PM	2PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Ocean Isle Beach/pier Carolina North	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Pensacola beach Florida - Gulf	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.2 N	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	5	5	5	13	13	12	8	13	6	6	6	12	13	12	12	5	5	5	13	13	13
Energy(?)	365	2	1	94	175	175	153	218	133	1	1	1	126	239	125	125	34	34	34	119	119	264
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:58AM 1.82														7:33PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)				11:01AM 0.03																	1:04AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	14	15	4	26	26	22	14	26	23	24	16	24	23	23	23	15	16	16	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	22	12	13	-1	26	26	22	12	26	23	24	14	24	23	23	23	13	14	14	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	5	5	6	11	11	12	5	13	-	-	6	12	13	12	12	-	-	-	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	-	0.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 S	-	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	14	5	-	6	13	13	10	-	10	6	6	-	4	10	10	10	-	-	-	6	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.2 N	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	4	4	5	-	-	-	8	5	4	3	4	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	3	3	3

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