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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	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun		Mon				Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Egg Island Eleuthera	Assateague Maryland	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Assateague Maryland	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.4 E	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 ESE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	8	13	13	13	15	14	13	13	11	8	12	16	10	15	14	8	14	13	8
Energy(?)	362	331	307	126	248	226	214	222	197	164	182	197	362	317	275	222	246	215	119	205	198	86
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:21PM 1.65	6:34AM 0.83	7:58AM 1.53	7:47PM 2.02		8:31AM 1.82		8:22PM 2.00	8:50AM 1.90	8:32PM 0.83	8:51AM 0.87	9:09AM 1.96		9:26PM 1.84	8:57AM 1.70		9:57PM 1.72	10:37AM 0.06		10:27PM 1.57	10:08AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)	1:14PM 0.80		12:32PM 0.13	1:48PM 0.20		1:58AM 0.26		2:18PM 0.58	2:40AM 0.35		2:33AM 0.15			3:19PM 0.42	3:18AM 0.54		3:16PM 0.34	3:34AM 0.65	6:20AM 11:19AM 0.04 0.06	3:53PM 0.11	3:48AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	28	27	28	30	27	30	29	28	29	30	28	20	30	27	25	27	25	25	31	29	24
Low °C	27	28	25	27	29	25	28	29	25	27	30	28	19	30	26	25	27	22	25	30	27	23
Chill °C (?)	29	28	27	28	30	27	30	29	28	29	30	28	20	30	27	25	27	25	25	31	29	24
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:37	-	7:07	6:37	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:05	-	6:58	6:04	-	6:55	6:31	-	6:55	6:01	-	6:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SW	0.7 W	1.1 ESE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 E
Period (s)	14	13	13	8	13	13	13	15	5	12	13	11	10	12	6	10	15	14	8	14	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.6 NNE	0.3 S	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.2 ENE	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.5 W	0.3 SE
Period (s)	7	7	4	8	8	5	5	13	14	13	7	7	-	16	16	8	11	11	5	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WNW	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.9 NW	-	0.7 NW	-	0.5 W	0.3 W	-	1.4 E	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	-	4	5	-	4	-	6	3	-	8	-	-	-	6	6	5	-	-	-

	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20
	8AM	11AM	5PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	5PM	8PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	5	14	15	14
Energy(?)	502	362	207	274	322	389	307	309	305	260	126	126	228	247	226	240	233	195	1	192	188	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:50AM 1.48				7:09PM 1.99					8:13AM 1.72		7:13PM 0.89	7:47PM 2.02					8:31AM 1.82				8:22PM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)							1:54AM 0.25													2:14PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	29	27	29	27	28	26	25	25	28	27	27	27	26	25	26	26	29	29	30	28	27
Chill °C (?)	27	29	27	29	27	28	26	25	25	28	27	27	27	26	25	26	26	29	29	30	28	27
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:08	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	6:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	14	14	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	5	13	15	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 SSE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.3 S	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	-	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	7	8	7	7	8	4	11	11	8	8	8	14	5	5	7	7	5	-	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 N	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	0.6 NW	-	0.5 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	6	3	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	5	-	3	5	6

	Thursday 18																		Friday 19
	6AM	7AM	11AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	7PM	8PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Celestino Sinaloa	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	4	13	13	13
Energy(?)	497	389	105	377	423	494	411	413	408	408	136	136	324	322	322	462	461	316	2	266	307	307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											6:28PM 0.90				7:09PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)									1:11PM 0.88												1:54AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	27	28	28	27	30	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	26	27	27	26	26
Chill °C (?)	25	27	28	28	27	30	28	28	28	29	28	28	28	28	27	28	28	26	27	27	26	26
Sunrise	5:54	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	5	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	4	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.4 NW	0.5 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 NW	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	8	7	9	7	9	8	9	7	7	7	10	10	7	7	7	8	8	11	6	7	4	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	3	3	3	-	-	3	-	4	-	-

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