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 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Mon
	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Assateague Maryland	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Keweenaw Peninsula Lake Superior	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Cupsogue Long Island NY
Rating	1	2	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	2	3	3	2	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	2.0 W	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 SSE	2.4 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	6	11	7	5	21	20	18	18	16	16	15	6	6	14	14	22	21	20	19	18	18	8
Energy(?)	67	85	548	9	667	805	683	828	701	389	526	12	692	458	471	496	750	1032	832	1100	1255	816
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:28AM 1.61			1:32AM 0.94						3:45AM 0.84			7:58PM 1.40		6:02AM 1.77	7:56PM 1.49		7:53AM 1.81		8:07PM 1.62	7:25AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)	6:39PM 0.09		3:06AM -0.01	6:51PM 0.23		8:08AM 0.23	12:09PM 0.71		12:05AM 0.88	12:25PM 0.63	8:52PM 0.16		12:35PM 0.50		12:09AM 1.19	1:19PM 0.38		12:48AM 1.02			1:23AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light snow	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	23	16	22	20	18	19	24	22	24	29	12	-2	25	23	22	26	22	22	25	23	4
Low °C	15	22	15	22	20	15	15	24	21	23	29	9	-2	25	19	20	25	19	19	24	20	1
Chill °C (?)	16	23	14	22	20	18	19	24	22	24	29	9	-10	25	23	22	26	22	22	25	23	0
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Sunset	7:00	6:13	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:44	-	7:53	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:45	-	6:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 WNW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	-
Period (s)	9	11	11	5	21	11	18	18	16	16	15	6	9	14	14	13	21	20	19	18	18	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.5 NW	0.9 S	0.5 NW	0.3 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 WNW	-
Period (s)	10	16	14	-	12	20	10	11	11	6	10	6	8	24	10	22	13	13	12	12	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.4 W	2.0 W	-	0.9 W	0.6 NW	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.7 NW	0.8 NE	2.4 NNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S
Period (s)	6	3	7	-	6	4	-	9	5	-	12	4	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

	Monday 09					Tuesday 10									Wednesday 11
	11AM	2PM	4PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	5PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	1	0	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 W	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	6	6	6	10	22	22	7	21	6	5	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	17
Energy(?)	124	94	9	68	44	50	479	508	673	478	52	5	892	1257	805	804	832	683	617	828	573	590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high-ebb	mid-flow	high-flow	high	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	low	low-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:01PM 1.46	1:07PM 0.27			12:43AM 0.98									12:34AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)				6:05PM 0.16						8:11AM 0.82									11:55AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	25	22	15	17	18	21	20	16	19	22	22	19	17	16	15	15	19	25	24	22	21
Chill °C (?)	23	25	22	14	16	18	21	20	15	19	22	22	19	17	16	14	14	19	25	24	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.4 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.4 W	1.1 W	0.6 SSE	-	1.1 W	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	9	6	9	6	6	22	22	7	6	6	-	5	11	11	19	18	18	18	18	18	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.4 SE	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 W	0.3 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	11	10	5	11	9	8	11	11	22	21	8	-	20	20	20	11	10	10	12	11	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	-	-	1.7 W	1.0 NW	-	0.3 SSE	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	2	6	4	4	-	-	7	6	-	5	7	11	4	-	-	-	9	9	5	5

	Monday 09	Tuesday 10
	9AM	10AM	10AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	7PM	7PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Alabama Point Alabama	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Assateague Maryland	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Alabama Point Alabama	Punta Conejo Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	1	0	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 SE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	6	6	6	7	16	16	6	7	8	6	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	125	92	11	69	68	69	108	110	255	329	89	7	166	401	381	381	435	435	508	548	548	548
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					12:20PM 0.84		11:20AM 1.02		1:47PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	21	15	16	16	24	23	18	17	21	22	20	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	21	20	21	15	16	16	24	23	17	16	21	22	20	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	9	9	6	6	6	7	11	11	11	11	6	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 SE	-	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	5	-	-	9	9	9	16	16	10	10	8	-	13	10	10	10	13	13	11	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	-	0.3 SSE	0.5 W	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	7	-	2	4	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

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