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

	Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sun
	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	Egg Island Eleuthera	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Higgins Beach Maine	Jensen Beach Florida - South	Egg Island Eleuthera	Boynton Beach Florida - South	Indicas Great Abaco	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Boynton Beach Florida - South	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Higgins Beach Maine	Madaket Massachusetts	Assateague Maryland	Higgins Beach Maine	Assateague Maryland	Nantasket Beach Massachusetts
Rating	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.3 NE	1.2 ESE	0.5 W	0.6 NE	0.4 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	1.5 ESE	1.3 NE	1.1 N	1.1 NE	1.0 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	2.4 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 WSW	0.5 E	1.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 E
Period(s)	8	7	15	14	16	14	16	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	9	8	8	6	9	10	9	9
Energy	25	162	188	196	193	221	133	324	400	338	305	265	80	168	844	466	354	286	42	295	45	85
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:47PM 1.76		7:13AM 1.72	6:02PM 0.85		6:06AM 0.98	6:15PM 1.59		8:02AM 1.69			7:29AM 0.77	7:28PM 1.55	n/a n/a	9:12AM 1.62		8:25PM 1.52	9:45AM 1.55		9:25PM 0.92	10:18AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)	12:16PM 0.51		12:51AM 0.75	1:21PM 0.16		12:12AM 0.18	12:12PM -0.01		12:28AM 0.06	1:37PM 0.67	2:43PM 0.06	2:27AM 0.29	1:20PM 0.13		n/a n/a		2:21PM 0.80	2:47AM 0.05		2:42PM 0.86	3:59AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	9	18	24	22	18	20	6	24	23	26	23	26	29	9	7	7	12	10	12	13	11
Low °C	23	8	15	23	20	15	16	5	23	23	26	23	21	28	9	7	7	10	8	10	10	8
Chill °C (?)	23	6	17	24	22	18	20	3	24	23	26	23	26	29	9	3	4	9	7	10	12	10
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:43	-	-	5:33	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	7:44	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 SSE	0.5 W	0.6 NE	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	1.5 ESE	1.3 NE	1.1 N	1.1 NE	1.0 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.9 NE	2.4 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 E	1.2 ESE	0.5 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	7	7	15	14	13	14	16	9	10	10	11	11	11	10	9	8	8	9	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 NW	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NNE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.2 S	-	0.2 S	-
Period (s)	5	12	11	7	12	16	14	-	12	12	6	10	6	6	-	-	12	-	6	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 ESE	0.9 NW	-	1.4 WNW	1.0 NW	0.7 WNW	-	-	0.4 E	0.5 SE	0.6 ESE	-	0.7 SE	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 NW	0.8 S	0.7 NNW	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	7	5	-	6	6	6	-	-	4	3	6	-	4	-	-	3	6	4	5	3	3

	Sunday 26							Monday 27									Tuesday 28
	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	5PM	8PM	11PM	11PM	2AM	8AM	8AM	11AM	5PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Seaside Heights/Casino Pier New Jersey	Union Bay Lake Superior	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NE	1.3 E	1.8 E	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.2 E	0.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 N	0.5 S
Period(s)	12	15	12	11	16	16	16	8	8	16	16	16	13	9	6	14	14	11	14	16	10	15
Energy	182	176	147	112	153	144	63	208	219	263	207	173	219	270	253	238	221	345	181	133	235	219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	-	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			5:45AM 1.64			5:12PM 0.80			4:49AM 1.40		7:13AM 1.72			5:22PM 1.41	n/a n/a			6:12AM 1.33	7:24AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	12:08AM 0.97														n/a n/a		1:26AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	17	21	24	24	25	8	8	15	16	20	24	12	13	16	15	9	16	20	24	22
Chill °C (?)	15	16	17	21	24	24	25	6	5	14	15	20	24	12	13	15	14	7	16	20	24	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	6:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	7:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.8 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 S	0.7 NE	1.3 E	-	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.2 E	0.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.8 N	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	5	12	11	16	16	16	8	8	16	16	12	13	9	-	14	14	11	6	16	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.2 E	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.5 ESE	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	0.6 NNE	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	16	12	15	15	7	6	8	7	7	18	12	16	7	-	-	16	16	-	14	14	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	0.1 E	0.5 SE	-	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.8 WNW	-	-	1.8 E	0.9 WNW	1.0 NW	-	1.1 NW	0.7 WNW	0.1 NE	1.4 WNW
Period (s)	5	6	5	6	-	8	4	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	6	6	6	-	6	6	12	6

	Sunday 26
	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	3PM	4PM	5PM	3PM	4PM	8PM	6PM	7PM	11PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Iowa	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Egg Island Eleuthera	Cocoa Beach Pier Florida - North	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Jones Beach State Park Long Island NY	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Punta Abreojos Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Indicas Great Abaco	Seaside Heights/Casino Pier New Jersey	Union Bay Lake Superior	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Wildwood Crest New Jersey	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur	Egg Island Eleuthera	Asuncion Bay Baja Sur
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 S	0.4 WNW	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.4 ESE	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 NE	1.5 E	0.5 NE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.4 E	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 NNE	0.5 W
Period(s)	16	16	12	16	8	18	7	6	6	13	11	13	16	7	3	15	15	8	15	15	16	15
Energy	155	155	182	173	46	64	24	113	122	150	112	184	93	227	6	141	141	261	179	183	179	182
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															n/a n/a					6:47PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		12:08AM 0.97							10:28AM 0.07						n/a n/a
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	16	23	23	23	6	6	18	20	20	23	7	6	22	22	9	21	19	23	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	16	23	23	23	2	2	18	20	20	23	3	3	22	22	6	21	18	23	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.3 SSE	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 NNE	0.5 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	7	7	13	11	13	6	7	-	15	15	6	15	15	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 NE	0.2 E	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 E	0.4 S
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	8	8	4	12	12	15	15	15	16	11	-	11	11	-	11	11	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.4 SW	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	-	1.5 E	0.5 NE	1.0 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.4 E	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	-	1.1 NW
Period (s)	5	5	5	6	-	-	3	6	6	5	6	5	-	7	3	5	5	8	5	5	-	6

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