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 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Celestino Sinaloa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	13	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	14	16	15	15	14	15	16	16	14	14	14	16	16
Energy(?)	271	184	357	591	1213	935	464	662	671	375	635	622	356	511	417	527	802	687	762	646	624	721
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:12AM 1.99		9:04PM 0.40	8:23AM 2.40		10:07PM 1.43	9:03AM 2.27		11:14PM 1.30	11:21AM 2.03		12:16AM 1.02	10:39AM 1.86		3:38AM 1.33	12:00PM 1.63				3:43PM 1.15		4:41AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		2:50PM -0.09			3:39PM -0.01	2:32AM 0.96		4:33PM 0.14	3:02AM 1.07	5:04AM 0.25				6:59PM 0.46		5:14AM 1.32		8:26PM 0.55	9:59AM 0.82		9:33PM 0.59	10:34AM 1.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	24	23	25	22	19	22	22	19	24	25	22	28	27	24	25	28	24	28	27	22	29
Low °C	23	20	18	22	20	17	20	20	18	21	22	21	22	25	22	24	25	22	26	24	22	27
Chill °C (?)	25	24	23	25	22	19	22	22	19	24	25	22	28	27	24	25	28	24	28	27	22	29
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:45	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:49	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:46	-	-	4:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.0 W	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.7 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	14	13	12	15	14	15	16	16	14	13	14	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 W	0.7 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	5	15	6	14	13	13	18	18	17	16	16	15	5	12	12	13	12	14	14	12	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	1.2 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	6	5	6	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	4	-	4	-	-	-	10	-

	Thursday 06						Friday 07								Saturday 08
	8AM	10AM	3PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	11AM	3PM	5PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	10AM	2PM	5PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	0	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	0	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.5 SSE	1.3 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	6	13	13	17	16	16	16	16	4	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	237	271	18	184	229	549	730	957	1530	624	7	878	1186	1153	935	934	1458	785	509	429	703	663
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:46AM 2.45				9:14PM 1.57				9:50AM 2.36					10:07PM 1.43			9:03AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)				2:50PM -0.09				2:00AM 0.85				4:06PM -0.11				2:32AM 0.96				4:53PM 0.06	4:33PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	21	24	20	19	18	17	17	20	24	22	20	19	18	17	21	21	23	22	20	19
Chill °C (?)	23	23	21	24	20	19	18	17	17	20	24	22	20	19	18	17	21	21	23	22	20	19
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:59	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.0 WNW	-	1.3 W	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	0.9 W	1.3 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	16	13	-	13	13	17	16	16	16	16	-	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	4	5	-	15	15	5	15	15	14	6	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NW	0.5 SE	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.2 NW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.5 SSE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	-	4	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 06																		Friday 07
	6AM	6AM	9AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	3PM	5PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	10PM	10PM	0AM	1AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	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	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Alabama Point Alabama	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Hughes Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Scorpion Bay (San Juanico) Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	2	2	0	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	0	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 SSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	5	16	16	16	16	13	13	16	5	15	13	13	13	13	13	17	18	17	16	16
Energy(?)	167	145	7	188	297	271	271	212	210	157	15	148	186	228	229	229	347	549	149	188	730	762
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				7:46AM 2.45													9:56PM 1.61	9:14PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)																						2:00AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	18	19	20	21	23	24	24	25	26	22	25	22	21	20	20	22	19	24	24	18	18
Chill °C (?)	22	18	19	20	21	23	24	24	25	26	22	25	22	21	20	20	22	19	24	24	18	18
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 NW	0.4 SE	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	13	13	5	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	-	15	13	13	13	13	13	17	15	17	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 WNW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	16	6	-	5	5	5	5	16	16	13	-	13	15	15	15	15	15	5	13	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 SE	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	6	-	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6

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