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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	Thu		Friday 19			Sat		Sun				Mon		Tue				Wednesday 24			Thu
	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM	Night	PM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	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	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	The Wall New Hampshire	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Cupsogue Long Island NY	Higgins Beach Maine	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Fernandina Beach Pier Florida - North	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Hatteras Light House Carolina North	Celestino Sinaloa
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	8	13	13	13	15	12	12	13	14	11	10	12	10	15	14	9	14	13	8	10
Energy(?)	431	316	133	258	227	205	226	201	234	193	185	181	529	638	436	246	222	88	172	283	40	268
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)			8:13AM 1.72	7:29PM 1.68		8:31AM 1.82		8:22PM 2.00		8:32PM 0.83	8:54PM 1.94	9:09AM 1.96		8:59PM 1.62	8:57AM 1.70		9:33PM 1.58	9:40AM 1.62		10:27PM 1.57	10:08AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)	12:46AM 0.17	1:46AM -0.03	1:46PM 0.72		2:18AM 0.28		2:18PM 0.58	2:40AM 0.35	2:07PM 0.14	2:33AM 0.15	3:00AM 0.44		3:19PM 0.42	2:52AM 0.50		3:50PM 0.40	3:34AM 0.13		4:21PM 0.42	3:48AM 0.76		4:53PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	27	28	30	27	30	30	28	28	30	27	18	22	21	21	26	25	27	28	26	24	28
Low °C	28	25	28	29	25	28	29	28	28	30	23	17	21	19	21	26	21	27	27	26	23	28
Chill °C (?)	28	27	28	30	27	30	30	28	28	30	27	18	22	21	21	26	25	27	28	26	24	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:37	-	7:07	6:37	-	-	6:36	-	7:05	6:05	-	6:40	-	-	6:37	6:31	-	7:20	6:30	-	6:54	6:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.8 S
Period (s)	13	13	8	13	13	13	15	12	12	13	5	11	10	12	10	15	14	9	14	11	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.6 NNE	0.3 S	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 E	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	0.2 ENE	0.5 NW	0.6 SW	0.1 E	0.5 SW
Period (s)	7	11	8	8	5	5	13	8	8	6	12	7	10	12	12	11	5	8	11	13	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 W	1.3 NW	0.7 SSE	-	0.5 SSW	-	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW	0.4 NE	0.8 WNW	0.9 NW	0.6 E	-
Period (s)	9	4	-	4	-	-	4	12	-	3	6	4	-	4	-	5	5	3	4	5	4	-

	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun
	5PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	5PM	8PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Egg Island Eleuthera	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	Indicas Great Abaco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	135	274	322	389	316	309	305	260	146	109	228	267	227	263	259	196	198	218	188	218	200	185
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			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				2:40AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	28	29	27	27	26	25	25	28	28	28	27	26	25	26	26	28	29	30	28	26	25	25
Chill °C (?)	28	29	27	27	26	25	25	28	28	28	27	26	25	26	26	28	29	30	28	26	25	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	7:07	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 SW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	5	5	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	0.5 S	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NW	0.3 SSE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	5	7	9	8	11	4	11	8	6	8	14	5	5	7	7	5	15	14	13	14	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WNW	1.1 NW	-	0.9 NW
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	-	5

	Thursday 18									Fri	Thu		Friday 19
	3PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	11PM	0AM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Egg Island Eleuthera	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	Indicas Great Abaco	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	83	291	408	484	431	431	426	322	168	137	316	316	316	388	388	316	266	263	309	309	305	247
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)																						8:13AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			1:11PM 0.88												1:36AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	29	28	30	28	28	28	28	24	26	27	26	26	27	26	26	27	27	25	25	25	26
Chill °C (?)	28	29	28	30	28	28	28	28	24	26	27	26	26	27	26	26	27	27	25	25	25	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	0.4 NE	0.7 NNE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 NW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	9	8	9	10	11	11	8	8	11	7	7	4	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.3 W	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.9 NE	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	6	2	-	-	9	9	9	3	4	-	3	4	4	-	-	4	4	4	4	4	-	-

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